NDRRGP Tasmanian Bushfire Preparedness Survey

Tasmanians are at high risk from bushfire – 98 per cent of the state has been mapped as bushfire-prone (Tasmania Fire Service 2022). This risk is increasing, with climate change exacerbating the
frequency and intensity of fires (Ellis et al. 2022). Anecdotally, emergency managers across the state believe that a majority of residents are unprepared for the reality of faster, fiercer fires. This Project is designed to give an up-to-date and representative snapshot of the bushfire planning and preparedness of residents of bushfire-prone suburbs in every Tasmanian local government area, providing legacy baseline data for evaluation of new community preparedness and resilience campaigns and evidence-based pathways for engaging with residents to improve bushfire preparedness.