Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them

<https://theconversation.com/up-to-40-of-bushfires-in-parts-of-australia-are-deliberately-lit-but-were-not-doing-enough-to-prevent-them-243584>

"A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one
property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due
to suspicion it was deliberately lit.

This is not an isolated example. About 28% of bushfires in south-east Australia
are deliberately lit. The figure rises to 40% if we’re only talking about fires
with a known cause.

These figures are consistent with international trends and tell us preventing
arson and unsafe fire behaviour alone could significantly reduce the number of
bushfires.

Despite this, prevention of deliberately lit bushfires is mostly absent from
emergency, public health and climate action plans."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics