BRN team win the IPAA Tasmania Best Practice Awards

BRN team win the IPAA Tasmania Best Practice Awards

Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods Team was judged against 15 public service nominations and in December were announced as the winner of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) for Best Practice in the Public Sector for 2016.

“The program has used a resource to risk model to deliver a more effective service and is seen as a leader in the sector of public administration contributing national tools used by other fire agencies interstate. There is clear improvement in service delivery to the local communities thought strong engagement, clearly measured changed behaviours in bushfire preparedness activities and high levels of evaluation. This program has won national awards and an international award for community engagement and is well deserving of this award.” President IPAA.