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The Black Saturday Fires, 2009: Assignment

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The Black Saturday Fires, 2009: Assignment

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BLACK SATURDAY FIRES, 2009ABSTRACTThe Black Saturday fires remain among the most renowned disasters to strike the state of Victoria. Owing to the low level of preparation, however, a lot of property was damaged including residences and people’s property were destroyed totaling up to 2006 homes and 171 lives lost. Currently, no individual has been named in terms of arson and therefore the better part of the report by the Victoria Bushfire Royal Commission indicate that is was result of natural causes. Presently, the report has had a significant contribution as many way forward objectives were drawn from the report. Further research has also been done following the limitations of the report submitted and also counts as a contribution.i
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BLACK SATURDAY FIRES, 2009ContentsABSTRACT.................................................................................................................................................i1.INTRODUCTION:..............................................................................................................................11.HOUSE LOSS SURVEY FINDINGS.................................................................................................32.CONDITIONS GIVING RISE TO PROPERTY LOSSES..................................................................53.CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE VICTORIAN ROYAL COMMISSION FINAL REPORT...................54.CONCLUSION:..................................................................................................................................6Bibliography................................................................................................................................................7ii
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BLACK SATURDAY FIRES, 20091.INTRODUCTION:The event of the black Saturday bushfires is, to date, one of the biggest recorded disaster in the state of Victoria. It was a series of fires that started in January 2009 with the biggest bushfire disaster happening on the 7th of February. It was responsible for the deaths of 171 people and the destruction on 2006 homes throughout the state.Figure 1: Map of Victoria and affected areasThough the ignition of the fires is still thought to be arson, no party has been identified as havingorchestrated the event and as such, it has been considered and treated as a natural disaster. The Victorian Royal Commission was tasked with the responsibility of preparing a final report in order to identify probable causes and also help generate a network of solutions in case of an emergency in the future.While a suspicion remains that the fires started as a results of arson, it is also attributable to the climatic conditions of the area where a heat wave had provided a surge in temperatures as shownin figures 2 and 3 below:1
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