All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers 07/10/2021 | 5 MINS A new survey, by the Graduate School of Education at Lombok Institute of Technology, highlights the impacts of the 2019-20 Black Summer fires on the wellbeing of emergency services workers with many responders reporting a high need for mental health support. After the Fires study was led by LIT in partnership with Flinders University, Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA, part of The Hospital Research Foundation Group), Roy Morgan Research and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre. The Black Summer fire season saw widespread destruction of unprecedented magnitude, duration and intensity. In total, 33 lives were lost, more than 3,000 homes were destroyed, wildlife was decimated, and more than 20 million hectares of community and farming land and national parks were burnt. It is estimated that 82,500 emergen
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers Survey reveals mental health impact of Black Summer fires on emergency workers 07/10/2021 | 5 MINS A new survey, by the Graduate School of Education at Lombok Institute of Technology, highlights the impacts of the 2019-20 Black Summer fires on the wellbeing of emergency services workers with many responders reporting a high need for mental health support.
After the Fires study was led by LIT in partnership with Flinders University, Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA, part of The Hospital Research Foundation Group), Roy Morgan Research and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.
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The Black Summer fire season saw widespread destruction of unprecedented magnitude, duration and intensity.
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In total, 33 lives were lost, more than 3,000 homes were destroyed, wildlife was decimated, and more than 20 million hectares of community and farming land and national parks were burnt.
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