Dr Chloe Begg

Researcher

Country Fire Authority (Vic)

About

Chloe is a so-called "boundary spanner" or "knowledge broker" with a PhD in human geography with a focus on collaborative disaster risk management and a passion for knowledge translation. She worked in academia for over 10 years and has now been at Victoria’s Country Fire Authority for 4 years. In her role at CFA, she works in the space between research and practice.

Chloe leads and contributes to a number of research projects where she aims to facilitate knowledge sharing and production between researchers and fire agency personnel. Chloe has learnt and is learning a lot about what it takes to conduct research that is fit for agency use and how to encourage and enable evidence-based decision making within fire agencies. Chloe is also one of the coordinators of the Predictions in Public project.

Project and roles

Project title	Project team
Established and emerging uses of predictive services	A/Prof Timothy Neale , Dr Graham Dwyer , Dr Chloe Begg , Dr Ian Pollock
Predictions in public: understanding the design, communication and dissemination of predictive maps to the public	Dr Chloe Begg , Angela Gardner , Dr Erica Kuligowski , Dr Amy Griffin , A/Prof Paula Dootson , A/Prof Timothy Neale , Dr Graham Dwyer , A/Prof Deanna Grant-Smith , Gabrielle Miller , Gita Pupedis , Philippa Perry , Ryan Lawrey , Laurence McCoy , Don MacCorquodale , Mandy Price , Simeon Telfer , Mark Chladil , Phillip Brien , Jackson Parker , Leighton Bush , Anthony Clark , Angus Farlam , Jordyn Cassell , Monique De Silva , Peter Middleton , Reegan Key , Deana Pullella , Fiona Dunstan
Integrated solutions for bushfire-adaptive homes	Dr Raphaele Blanchi , Laura Kostanski , Dr Mittul Vahanvati , A/Prof Brian Cook , Dr Ken Strahan , Justin Leonard , Garth Warren , Alessio Arena , Dr Dulani Halvitigala , Febe De Geest , Peter Kamstra , Anthony Bradstreet , Mark Holland , Melissa O'Halloran , Dr Chloe Begg , John Gilbert
Community engagement for vegetation management	A/Prof Timothy Neale , Dr Sophie Adams , Dr Patrick Bonney , A/Prof Victoria Stead , Dr Mardi Reardon-Smith , Dr Chloe Begg , Daniel Idczak , Jacque Quaine

Publications

Type	Year	Citation
Report	08/2021	Established and emerging uses of predictive services in Victoria
Report	02/2023	Role and value of predictive service products
Report	06/2024	Predictions in Public Phase 1 Report
Journal article	10/2022	Co-designing predictive maps for community use during a bushfire
Journal article	09/2024	Understanding the challenges in bushfire map use and effective decision-making amongst the Australian public
Report	28/01/2025	Predictions in public: using qualitative data to understand the design, communication and dissemination of predictive maps to the public
Report	30/01/2025	Predictions in public: understanding the design, communication and dissemination of predictive maps to the public - Work Package 5 First national community survey
Report	04/02/2025	Predictions in Public: understanding the design, communication and dissemination of fire spread prediction maps to the public. Work Package 8: Focus Groups

Resources

Type	Released	Title	Key Topics
Presentation	15 May 2024	Chloe Begg & Erica Kuligowski - 2024 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentation	Communication, Emergency management, Planning, Warnings
Workshop material	3 May 2023	2023 Natural Hazards Research Forum workshop slides: Stream 1, Workshop 1	Communication, Emergency management, Planning, Warnings
Workshop material	3 May 2023	2023 Natural Hazards Research Forum workshop slides: Stream 1, Workshop 4	Fire impacts, Infrastructure, Risk analysis, Vulnerability
Presentation	2 May 2023	Chloe Begg - 2023 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentations	Communication, Emergency management, Planning, Warnings

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