Bushfire Planning & Design Blog

Bushfire Management Activity: Planned Hazard Reduction Burn Context: Coastal township within forested bushfire-prone landscape Planned hazard reduction burning was undertaken in and around the Peaceful Bay township as part of a coordinated bushfire risk management program for the area. The...

Designing for the fireground, not just the approval Bushfire resilience is not achieved at the planning desk alone — it is proven on the fireground. This Essential Services Guide demonstrates how a rural business in Denmark, Western Australia has embedded fire-fighting intelligence directly...

When I was at the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) in my role as Director responsible for Planning for Bushfire Protection (PBP), I often used the Berman House by Harry Seidler as a case study in staff and industry training. Not because it was a prescribed example within the acceptable solutions of...

By Lew Short, Director Blackash Bushfire Consulting In New South Wales, Planning for Bush Fire Protection 2019 (PBP) sets the benchmark for how we plan, design and assess new development in bushfire-prone areas. Its aim is clear and simple, yet profoundly important: To provide for the...