New report – Effective Communication of Bushfire Risk in the Urban-Parkland Interface

Initial reports by fire authorities show communities around urban parklands are unaware of the bushfire risk they face. The Effective Communication of Bushfire Risk in the Urban-Parkland Interface project was commissioned by the Bushfire CRC to serve as a pilot program for the study of bushfire communication in communities within the urban-parkland interface. Through literature review and interviews with community members and officials in Blackburn, the project report authors found current communication campaigns to be ineffective. Recommendations to improve the effectiveness of communication have been generated.