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Hazard Note 12: Community interpretation of bushfire prediction maps

Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.
Resource type

Hazard Note

Release date

25 March 2026

The Predictions in Public: understanding the design, communication, and dissemination of predictive maps to the public project aims to understand how community members interpret and respond to fire spread prediction maps.

Work Package 8 in Phase Two of the project involved discussions with community focus groups.

The findings will be valuable in improving how such maps are designed and shared, and ultimately, in improving community members’ understanding of the information in the maps.

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