Round 4 goes digital
17 November 2020
In June 2020, the TFS Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods program (BRN) had been in full operation for seven years. BRN is a community-based prevention, preparedness, and response program for bushfire-prone communities across...
Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods – On the West Coast
17 November 2020
Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods (BRN) is no stranger to the West Coast. Since 2014, TFS has worked with communities in Granville Harbour, Queenstown, Strahan, and Zeehan to promote bushfire readiness. Building on...
Southern Region BRN Update
17 November 2020
2020 means the start to a new round of Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods (BRN) activities in the Southern Region. With Round 4 now underway, four new southern communities will be the focus...
Update from the Northern Region
17 November 2020
2020 has bought us a number of unknowns but one thing we do know is that Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods (BRN) has begun Round 4 of the program. Several communities across the...
ABC’s Big Weather
17 November 2020
From the frontlines of Australia’s Black Summer of 2019-20, Big Weather (and how to survive it) delivers a message about how our weather is changing and what we can do...
Getting back to our communities
29 July 2020 to 30 September 2020
As we are emerging from the COVID19 restrictions and heading into our new ‘normal’, you may be thinking about re-commencing or considering new approaches to face-to-face engagement with your community...
Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods Round 3, that’s a wrap! (2018 to 2020)
29 July 2020 to 30 September 2020
The 2020 post-test survey has recently been completed and provides a snapshot of household bushfire preparedness with reference to key indicators, and includes a direct comparison with the 2018 pre-test...
Everyone should be prepared for bushfire
29 July 2020 to 30 September 2020
All the social distancing restrictions we are now facing with COVID-19 means we need to think a bit differently about how we engage with communities and share fire safety information...
Communicating Bushfire Preparations in Winter
29 July 2020
To say it’s been a turbulent few months is an understatement and we’re all very unsure of the immediate future, but one thing we can be sure of is the...
How social media can be used by Brigade members
29 July 2020
In the last three months there have been considerable challenges in engaging people in community fire safety education. However, restrictions on face-to-face engagement have led to opportunities to utilise free...