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Modern building codes have ensured new houses are more fire risk savvy than their earlier counterparts. In the light of the recent bushfire incidents across Australia, Western Sydney University academic Douglas Brown gives this advice on...
Douglas Brown
Douglas Brown is currently a casual academic in the Bushfire Protection and Building Construction courses at Western Sydney University. He completed his PhD entitled 'Domestic Architecture and the Perception of Risk in Bushfire-Prone Areas' at the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning at the University of Sydney. In 2016 Brown set up a research consultancy called Bushfire Architecture which provides design advice to building professionals with clients in bushfire-prone areas. In 2010 he completed his Masters in Design Science, Sustainable Design at the University of Sydney after undertaking a Graduate Internship with the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2009. He is a Bushfire CRC PhD scholarship recipient and an Associate Student of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.