Person
Packham, David Roy (1939 - )
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- Born
- 23 May 1939
- Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
David Roy Packham and Peet (qv) developed an aerial ignition system in 1966 for controlled burning in forests, using a fixed-wing aircraft flying a grid pattern and dropping special incendiary devices at predetermined points. The incendiary devices were small polystyrene tubes containing solid potassium permanganate into which ethylene glycol was injected mechanically just before dropping.
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Chronology
- 1962 - 1981
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- 1964
- Education - Diploma of Applied Chemistry (DipAppChem), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 1973
- Education - Master of Applied Science (MAppSc), Victoria Institute of Colleges
- 1981 - 1985
- Career position - Director of the National Rural Fire Research Centre at Chisholm Institute
- 1985 - 1987
- Career position - Deputy Director of the Department of Defence, Australian Counter Disaster College
- 1987 -
- Career position - Supervisor of the Rural Fire Weather Services at the Bureau of Meteorology
Published resources
Resources
- 'Packham, David (19390523-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478156. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_p.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 29 November 2006
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