Why

Australia’s climate and vegetation makes it inherently prone to bushfires putting communities, ecosystems and infrastructure at risk.

The human, environmental and economic impacts of bushfire are significant and Australia’s exposure to worst-case bushfire hazard and risk is increasing rapidly with climate change.

Preparing Australia for future bushfire events requires co-ordination across all levels of government, communities and the private sector.

We want to minimise the social, environmental and economic impacts of bushfires and increase resilience.

Why does Australia need the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability?

• National consistency to support state and territory reporting that is more meaningful and efficient.
• National consistency to inform state and territory submissions for federal government investment priorities.
• More effective and comprehensive consideration of climate change and related long-term risk management strategies.
• Identifying reasonable worst case fire potential within states and territories that allows allocation of resources and targeted risk management.
• Consistent and comparable datasets that bring together land use planners, land managers and emergency managers (including ongoing Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) refinements and improvements).
• Regular updates showing how risk changes with treatments across a state or territory, and to continually incorporate latest and best available data.
• A common, integrated platform to collect bushfire impact data in a standardised, consistent and accessible way.