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Find out about the latest information, data and happenings in the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) project.

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Name change for post-bushfire impact assessment app

The Bushfire Surveyor System (BSS) is changing its name to Disaster Assessment Surveyor System (DASS). DASS is designed to conduct post-disaster surveys, including rapid and comprehensive impact assessments. 

National fuel types map

The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) has released an innovative map that categorises Australian fuel types and their extents using the Bushfire Fuel Classification (BFC) framework.

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February 2025 – NBIC Update

This NBIC Update features: NBIC in the media | Recent awards | Securing funding for the next stage of NBIC | Progress with our post-bushfire assessment app – the Bushfire Surveyor System | Spotlight on the national bushfire extents datasets.

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Post-bushfire assessment app

We are creating a Bushfire Surveyor System (BSS) app that will enable emergency agencies, researchers and citizens to easily collect and analyse data for bushfire impacted areas. Read about our progress.

A map of Australia that is shaded to show high (yellow) fireline intensity to low (purple) fireline intensity for Baseline with an Annual Exceedance Probability of 2%

ABC online and ABC news

The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability was featured in ABC online and ABC news. The articles highlight mapping outputs to investigate Australia’s bushfire hazards and how this will shift with climate change.

An aerial view of burnt vegetation and houses from the Tathra bushfire

Awards for national bushfire extents data

The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability congratulates their collaborators, Geoscience Australia and the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia, on taking out 2 recent awards for their work on the groundbreaking new national bushfire extents data service.