Speakers

Kristy Butler  is a Lead Data Scientist at the Country Fire Authority in the Research, Innovation and Predictive Capability team. After graduating with engineering and science degrees, Kristy worked as a consultant transport planner and data analyst, developing analysis workflows to solve logistics and transport problems for governments and private companies.  Since 2021, she has been working at CFA on research into firefighting operations, including wildfire suppression and defensive firefighting. Kristy is also a Fire Behaviour Analyst and operational firefighter, and has an interest in curating data and models that reflect the reality of the fire agencies’ operations.