The Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service, as part of the Hotspots Fire Project,...
Bushfire Mitigation – Fire Wise Project
Bushfire Volunteer, , Ecological burning, Featured, Fire, Fire management, Hazard Reduction, Planning, plants, Prepardness, prevention, program, projectThe Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has developed the Fire Wise project, which advocates for community engagement across...
Conversations with Children about Bushfires
Bushfire Volunteer, , Book, Fire, Hazard Reduction, resources, threatened speciesHow do we talk with children about bushfires in an age-appropriate and constructive way? Bushfires are a natural &...
Applying science, skills and stories at Ku-ring-gai, Sydney
Bushfire Volunteer, , bushfire, bushfire conference, Conferences, Ecological burning, Events, Fire severity, Hazard Reduction, SydneyDirectly following and complementing NCC’s 2023 Bushfire Conference, Managing Fire Together: Applying science, skills, and stories, NCC’s Bushfire Program...
NCC Bushfire Conference 2023
Bushfire Volunteer, , bushfire, bushfire conference, climate, climate change, Conferences, Cultural burning, Ecological burning, Events, Fire severity, Hazard Reduction, prevention, Research, resources, wildfireNCC’s 13th biennial Bushfire Conference, “Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories”, took place on the 24-25th May,...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
Bushfire Volunteer, , Community resilience, Fauna, Fire, Hazard Reduction, Hollows, plants, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfireAround the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, Flammability, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, prevention, Research, wildfireParticularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
The Centre of Excellence for Prescribed Burning has published a new book, Prescribed Burning in Australasia: the science, practice...
WATCH – Fire Fuels Forum: a deep dive into hazard reduction
Bushfire Volunteer, , Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, preventionIn May, the BHCRC hosted its National Fire Fuels Science Forum. Usually hosted live, the forum was moved online...
WATCH – Prescribed Burning Atlas launch
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fire, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burnsA new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different...