Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNHCRC)

Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre draws together all of Australia and New Zealand's fire and emergency service authorities with the leading experts across a range of scientific fields to explore the causes, consequences and mitigation of natural disasters.

The purpose of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is to conduct end-user inspired applied research to:

• Reduce the risks from bushfire and natural hazards
• Reduce the social, economic and environmental costs of disasters
• Contribute to the national disaster resilience agenda
• Build internationally renowned Australian research capacity and capability
• Enable Australian small to medium enterprises to be innovative in natural hazard products and services.