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If you’re an expert involved in the development and use of fire simulators in land or fire management, a new survey needs your input to ensure future fire simulators are the best decision-making tool for practitioners.
Natural Hazards Research Australia (the Centre) project team at the University of Melbourne and Deakin University are researching to improve the development and use of fire simulators to ensure the best decisions and outcomes for agencies, staff and the community.
The survey takes 10-15 minutes and asks participants two key questions:
- What qualities and characteristics does a ‘good simulator’ have according to relevant stakeholders?
- What are the commonalities and differences among stakeholders’ views on this topic?
Part of the Centre’s What makes a good fire simulator? project which aims to engage deeply with the sector, assess the strengths and weaknesses of current fire simulator systems and offer guidance for future improvement, the survey is a key way of understanding current use and gaps
The research investigates what makes a simulator 'good’ to identify the measures of what is 'good enough' for their intended decision-making purpose. This could include aspects such as prediction speed, prediction accuracy, reliability and ease of use.
Survey findings will aid the development of explicit criteria to enable simulators to be evaluated and guide the development of future fire simulators.
The survey is open until 26 July 2024.
For further information contact the researchers: A/Prof Timothy Neale, Deakin University, t.neale@deakin.edu.au Dr Hamish Clarke, University of Melbourne, hamish.clarke@unimelb.edu.au