T2-A5 Bushfire risk at the rural-urban interface

Natural Hazards Research Australia

Co-designed, Stakeholder driven research into understanding of how to reduce risk at the rural-urban interface.

(1) improved understanding of how community-led / centred action can be engendered and supported within communities living at the rural-urban interface (RUI) to reduce risks in and around the APZ.

(2) the identification of the key site and vegetation characteristics that affect bushfire behaviour within the RUI including garden plant flammability and garden arrangement/landscaping,

(3) the development of informed fire behaviour modelling that captures interface and garden fuels, the fire spread and ember production in RUI zones

(4) the identification and evaluation of potential mitigation measures for stopping and reducing the spread of fire into the RUI.