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A/Prof Owen Price

Researcher
The University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong

About

Owen Price is director of the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires at the University of Wollongong. After an early career as an animal ecologist, for the past 17 years he has worked with fire management agencies to solve problems around effective bushfire risk reduction. This has included evaluating the effectiveness of prescribed burning, the risk factors associated with house loss in bushfires and the production and spread of smoke from prescribed burns. He has published 130 scientific papers and 40 reports to Governments.

Project and roles
Project title Project team
Productivity and effectiveness of suppression resources and tactics on large fires Heather Simpson , Prof Ross Bradstock , A/Prof Owen Price
Analysis and characterisation of bushfire-meets-prescribed burn Black Summer fires in NSW A/Prof Owen Price , Heather Simpson
Investigation of the suitability of aviation tracking data for use in bushfire suppression effectiveness research A/Prof Owen Price , Heather Simpson
Black Summer bushfires: South Australia reconstructions Dr Hamish Clarke , Dr Alexander Filkov , A/Prof Karin Reinke , Prof Simon Jones , Prof Trent Penman , A/Prof Owen Price , Prof Ross Bradstock , Dr Matthias Boer , Nur Trihantoro , Mike Wouters
Bushfire risk at the rural–urban interface Prof David Bowman , Dr Stefania Ondei , Dr Grant Williamson , A/Prof Owen Price , Dr Anna Gjedrem , John Gilbert , Jeremy Little , Melissa O'Halloran , Dermot Barry , Robert Preston
Why fly? How do we know that aerial firefighting operations are effective and efficient? A/Prof Owen Price , Dr Matt Plucinski , Michael Bedward , Dr Michael Storey , Deb Sparkes
Capturing uncertainty in bushfire spread prediction Dr Michael Storey , A/Prof Owen Price , Michael Bedward , David Field , Laurence McCoy
Effectiveness of fuel reduced areas on fire spread A/Prof Owen Price , Darcy Prior , Prof David Bowman , Dr Lynda Prior , Dr Grant Williamson , Dr Thomas Duff
Publications
Type Year Citation
Journal article 10/2019 A temporal framework of large wildfire suppression in practice, a qualitative descriptive study
Report 03/2022 Analysis and characterisation of bushfire-meets-prescribed burn events from the 2019-20 fire season
Report 08/2021 Risk mitigation from prescribed burning in Kangaroo Island and Mount Lofty Ranges - Black Summer final report
Report 04/2022 Investigating the suitability of aviation tracking data for use in bushfire suppression effectiveness research
Journal article 08/2024 Garden design can reduce wildfire risk and drive more sustainable co-existence with wildfire
Resources
Type Released Title Key Topics
Audio-video 14 March 2025 Bushfire risk at the rural urban interface and the Los Angeles fires: presentation Communities, Infrastructure, Land management, Risk management
Presentation 15 May 2024 Owen Price - 2024 Natural Hazards Research Forum presentation Risk analysis, Scenario analysis
Presentation 9 March 2023 Owen Price - Black Summer Webinar 2 presentation Black Summer, Fire impacts, Land management, Prescribed burning
Poster 19 September 2018 Deconstructing suppression efforts on large bushfires Decision-making, Prescribed burning, Response
Poster 29 June 2017 Productivity of firefighting resources on large bushfires Decision-making, Prescribed burning, Response
Poster 14 August 2016 Economic and environmental costs and benefits of bushfire Decision-making, Prescribed burning, Response
Poster 14 August 2016 Productivity and effectiveness of suppression resource Fire impacts