Phil Cheney grew up in a fishing village on Phillip Island, off the southern coast of Australia. He moved inland to become a forester, taking a diploma in forestry at the Australian School of Forestry in Canberra, and a BSc in forestry at Melbourne University. He has studied wildfires over four decades, and headed the bushfire behaviour and management group at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation for 25 years. Cheney has also won an award for his poetry.
Are you a pyromaniac who has found a healthy outlet for your impulses?
People by and large like lighting fires.…
