The Bushfire Resilience Star Rating App will soon be a tool for all Australians to understand the bushfire risk of their home and make the appropriate preparations.

The project, funded by the Australian Government Disaster Risk Reduction Package, brings science and evidence together in a tool for householders to identify bushfire hazards around the home and plan ways to mitigate their risk and improve the survivability of their homes.

The Bushfire Resilience Star Rating App was recently piloted with the Shoalhaven community, who were severely impacted by the Black Summer bushfires in the summer of 2019.

Watch the full video to see how the Bushfire Resilience Star Rating App is building better bushfire resilience in Australia and across the globe.

About this project

Who: Funding was awarded to Bushfire Building Council of Australia. The Bushfire Resilience Star Rating App has been piloted with the Shoalhaven community, in conjunction with Shoalhaven City Council, NSW.

What: The Bushfire Resilience Star Rating App is for all Australians to understand and prepare for the bushfire risk of their home. The app assesses your site-specific risk and measures the vulnerability of your home. The app provides you with a list of evidence-based, tailored actions to adapt your home and improve your resilience rating.

Program funding: Disaster Risk Reduction Package

Funding received: $3,000,000

Benefits delivered: This project will improve the resilience and preparedness of communities to identify bushfire hazards around the home and plan ways to mitigate the risk of future bushfires.