Government roles in emergency communication response

This chapter looks primarily at the bushfires (sometimes called ‘wildfires’ or ‘forest fires’) in theCatalonian province of Spain and the resulting lessons learnt in managing the communicationduring these crises. In doing so, it also reflects, where applicable, on the lessons on the catastrophicfires in the state of Victoria in Australia in 2009. These two populous regions represent some of themost fire prone areas of the world.