Resident decision making during bushfire threat - findings and determining factors

摘要

This paper investigates the behaviour of 220 Tasmanian households directly affected by a severe bushfire in January 1998. The data comes from a voluntary questionnaire administered to residents shortly after the fire. The residents were divided into groups based on their decision to stay with the property or evacuate. Examination of the data indicates some significant differences between the groups in terms of household composition on the day of the fires, access to information on bushfire protective measures during the summer period and on the day of the fires, and the timing and reasons given for evacuation.