The purpose of this report was to undertake a strategic bushfire risk analysis for Tasmania, where the methodology moves from a post-event analysis to a landscape risk assessment, using scenario-based modelling tools. Through this analysis, recommendations were developed for a strategic fuel management program. The analysis in this report takes a tenure-blind approach, and has been undertaken at a landscape level to test strategies designed primarily to reduce the risk of bushfire impacting on Human Settlement Areas. Included in the report is:
- Analysis of particular issues associated with fuel mitigation activities.
- Bushfire risk assessment at the Statewide scale, including identification of communities considered to be at highest risk.
- Analysis of fuel reduction burning as the primary risk treatment option.
Bushfire in Tasmania – A new approach to reducing our Statewide relative risk