Resources

NSW Bushfire Inquiry 2020

Final Report of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry – July 2020

NSW Bushfire Inquiry Progress Reports (quarterly)

NSW Audit Office reports

Planning and managing bushfire equipment (Audit Office of NSW – February 2023)

Addressing public inquiry recommendations – Emergency response agencies (Audit Office of NSW – April 2021)

Royal Commission 2020

Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements – Report and Appendices – October 2020

The Commonwealth Government response to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (November 2020)

Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements recommendations implementation status (October 2023)

Senate Inquiry 2021

Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian Bushfire Season – Hansard Senate Committee.

Bushfire and environment

NSW Fire and the Environment 2019-2020 Summary (NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environment – March 2020)

NSW State of the Environment Report 2021 – Fire (NSW Environment Protection Authority)

Bushfire management

NSW Bushfire Outlook 2024-2025 (NSW Rural Fire Service, n.d.)

Factsheet: Setting the record straight on hazard reduction (Climate Council – January 2020)

Operational Protocol for Backburning (NSW Rural Fire Service – February 2021)

Operational Guidelines for Northern Plains Reserves (NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2014) – An example of landscape-based principles for bushfire suppression.

Meteorological WATCHOUTS (NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, 2014) – An example of bushfire weather ‘red flags’.

Bushfire Glossary (AFAC, 2012)

Reviewing bushfire operations

Lessons Management Framework (NSW Rural Fire Service – January 2024)

Examples of operational reviews from New Zealand (no such reports are issued by NSW):

Operational Review of the Lake Ohau Bushfire of 4 October 2020 (Fire & Emergency NZ, 2020)

Operational Review of 2024 Port Hills Fire (Fire & Emergency New Zealand, 2025)

About bushfires

Living with Fire in NSW National Parks (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage – December 2012)

2019–20 Australian bushfires—frequently asked questions: a quick guide (Parliament of Australia – March 2020)

Statement regarding Australian bushfires (Australian Academy of Science – January 10 2020)

Powder keg: Australia primed to burn (Climate Council & Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, 2023)

Understanding the Black Summer Bushfires: a summary of key findings from the Bushfires & Natural Hazards CRC (Natural Hazards Research Australia, 2023)

Community resilience

Bushfire Resilience Inc webinars

Too Close to Home: How we keep communities safer from escalating climate impacts (Emergency Leaders for Climate Action & Climate Council, 2024)