The Australian Government is investing an additional $12 million to strengthen bushfire risk management and support the mental health and wellbeing of emergency first responders as bushfire season and a supercharged El Niño begin affecting parts of the country.
The funding will improve the accuracy of the Australia Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) and continue three national services providing bushfire and mental health support. These include the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) and the North Australia and Rangelands Fire Information Service (NAFI).
Managed by CSIRO, NBIC provides governments with nationally consistent bushfire risk intelligence. NAFI, operated by Charles Darwin University, delivers fire information across northern and remote Australia.
