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August 2025

About NBIC

The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) addresses the on-going need for science-based, readily accessible, authoritative national data and analyses on bushfire hazard that considers future climate over a range of timescales.

We do this through the development of bushfire mapping products and the capture of relevant lessons about infrastructure loss for application to future bushfire events.

National fuels data released

Bushfire Fuel Classification fuel type map

The National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) has released an innovative fuels map using the Bushfire Fuel Classification (BFC) framework.

Name change for post-disaster assessment tool 

Disaster Assessment Surveyor System

In a good news story for co-development, funders, stakeholders and users prompted the team to enable multi-hazard assessments within the system. The new name will be the ‘Disaster Assessment Surveyor System or DASS’.

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Nationally standardised view of bushfire hazard

A map of Australia that shows fireline intensity potential in a colour ramp from purple to yellow. The more yellow an area appears, the more intensely a fire could burn, taking into account fuel, terrain and weather.
Fireline intensity potential for the baseline scenario (equivalent to a 2% Annual Exceedance Probability event)

A data suite that shows a national view of bushfire hazard and how the risk will shift with climate change is soon to be published. 

The data is expressed as the metric, fireline intensity (FLI), a measure of the rate of energy released from an advancing fire front.

The NBIC Board is currently considering licensing conditions for this data.

Use case

Department of Health and Aged Care

As the national agency responsible for health and wellbeing, the Department of Health and Aged Care needs accurate and timely data and information to manage responses to bushfires for both short- and long-term planning.

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About NBIC governance bodies

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NBIC takes a collaborative approach to work with state, territory and Commonwealth government jurisdictions.

NBIC has representation of Commonwealth, state and territory members on the NBIC Council and NBIC Technical Committee. Find your jurisdictional representative on our website. These structures and relationships support data flow and collaboration.

The NBIC governance bodies comprise:

  • NBIC Board – covering authority, accountability and funding.
  • NBIC Council – creating and sustaining a whole of government authorising environment for the release and use of national products.
  • NBIC Technical Committee – establishing and sustaining data supply chains and endorsing product design decisions.
  • Working Groups – short-term groups set up for a particular task. For example, the Bushfire Surveyor System established a working group for 6 months with representatives from several jurisdictions. This group helped shape the product and meet user needs.

Funding update

NBIC Stage 2 funding ended on 30 June 2025

A business case for a 3-year NBIC Stage 3 project was completed and circulated in January 2025. This funding is under consideration, and the team are in a transition phase.

During this transition, the NBIC team will:

  • Continue engaging with stakeholders and governance bodies.
  • Explore new collaboration opportunities.
  • Support product improvements and respond to user needs.
  • Develop practical use cases and conduct evaluations.

We sincerely thank all our collaborators, users and governance members for their energy, insights and support throughout NBIC Stage 2.

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