Mr Grahame Douglas
CASUAL ACADEMIC,
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Personal
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Contact
| Email: | G.Douglas@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2198 |
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| Location: | Y.3.37 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
Grahame began his interest is bushfire matters in the late 1980’s and was appointed to represent environmental interests on the then Bush Fire Council and in 1993 was appointed to the Bush Fire Coordinating Committee. In 1996, Grahame accepted a position as Environment Officer within the then Department of Bush Fire Services.
Grahame has worked with the NSW Rural Fire Service in the area of community safety for 15 years and was responsible for developing the legislative provisions and policy relating to bush fire risk management planning, development control for bushfire prone areas, environmental impact of hazard reduction activities and participated in a number of sub-committees working on the review of AS3959 Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas. He also authored the NSW document planning for Bushfire protection. He was appointed to the University of Western Sydney on a conjoint appointment for 5 years in the Graduate Diploma in Bush Fire Design program whilst retaining a role with the RFS. He is now employed under a casual contract whilst completing his PhD in bushfire related areas, having recently retired from the RFS.
This information has been contributed by Mr Douglas.
Research
Grahame is currently undertaking his PhD in (bush) fire weather and implications of climate change in NSW. He has been able to pioneer the use of Extreme Value Assessment techniques to derive return period for fire weather and the development of 'design bushfires' for construction practice under AS 3959-2009.
He also has research interests in house loss investigatiuons and the role of fire generated wind loads in construction practice for bushfire prone areas.
This information has been contributed by Mr Douglas.
