Black Saturday Flashcards
1
Q
Location
A
Australia, Victoria
2
Q
Date
A
7th February 2009
3
Q
Cause
A
Fallen power lines starting blaze in farm land
4
Q
Short term responses
A
· Australian Bureau of Meteorology predicted fires would spread and told residents to evacuate
· 20,000 firefighters helped put out the fire
-breaks between crops to stop momentum of fire
5
Q
Long term responses
A
· $400 million donated to rebuild houses
· Build fire shelters for future
· Improve warning systems
· Improve evacuation strategy
6
Q
Economic Impacts
A
- 2100 homes destroyed
- $1.2billion insurance claims
- $4.4billion in damages
7
Q
Social Impacts
A
- 173 people killed
- 414 people injured
- 7562 people displaced
- Price of fruit and vegetables gone up due to farmland destroyed
8
Q
Environmental
A
- 1 million wildlife died
- Crops burnt in wildfire
- Release of Co2 into atmosphere
