Preparedness 1: Child-centred disaster risk reduction

How can children participate in emergency planning? The key is making the learning place- based, according to Dr Briony Towers, designing learning activities that draw on the natural and social environment that children are in every day, tailoring learning to their personal interests and priorities. Join Dr Towers and CFA’s Neil Munro in exploring how disaster education at Harkaway Primary School on Melbourne’s leafy urban fringe is upskilling and empowering children to prepare for a bushfire at home, at school and in their town. In this video, Neil learns about the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research findings, meets Ruby and Tom, their mums and their principal, and reflects on how he can use the research to continue to improve bushfire education.