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Current Projects

Community perceptions, understanding and use of Bushfire Places of Last Resort (Nearby Safer Places) in Tasmania now and in the future

As a collaboration between the Fire Centre and the Tasmania Fire Service, this project aims to cr...

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Shared responsibilities and barriers to community-led action

Anecdotal evidence suggests that community-based, grassroots initiatives linked to natural places...

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NDRRGP Developing a pathway for reducing the peri-urban backyard bushfire hazard in Hobart

This Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Grant Program (NDDRGP) funded project is centred around unde...

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Sparking Conversations, Igniting Action

Sparking Conversations, Igniting Action is a joint initiative of the Greater Hobart councils – ...

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Healthy Environments and Lives

HEAL Network The Australia-wide Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Network aims to catalyse re...

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T2-A5 Bushfire risk at the rural-urban interface

Natural Hazards Research Australia Co-designed, Stakeholder driven research into understanding of...

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NDRRGP Tasmanian Bushfire Preparedness Survey

Tasmanians are at high risk from bushfire – 98 per cent of the state has been mapped as bushfir...

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ARC Laureate Fellowship Practical and Sustainable pathways to community coexistence with bushfires

This 5-year project addresses an urgent national and global challenge to policy and practice: the...

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Past Projects

NDRRGP: The Social and Biophysical effects of alternative strategies to reduce bushfire danger in Hobart

This project investigates how the City of Hobart’s strategies to reduce bushfire risk in su...

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Bushfires and Your Health

Reducing the health risks of bushfire and smoke: An online educationinitiative empowering Tasmani...

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NDRRGP Developing pathways for reducing the peri-urban backyard bushfire hazard in Hobart

Our 2020-21 NDRRGP-funded project generated targeted pathways for engaging with residents. One su...

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Acknowledgement of Country:

‘The Fire Centre acknowledges the Palawa and Pakana people as the traditional and ongoing custodians of lutruwita (Tasmania), paying respect to their culture and identity which has been bound up with the Land, Sea, Waterways and Sky for generations. The Fire Centre commits to being culturally inclusive and respectful in our relationships”

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