About Hotspots

Based on best available science and operational knowledge, the Hotspots Fire Project is a training program which provides landholders and land managers the skills and knowledge needed to actively and collectively participate in fire management planning and implementation for the protection and enhancement of biodiversity conservation.

Hotspots understands that well-informed and well prepared communities complement the roles of land managers and fire agencies and that a shared approach to fire management is critical to any form of planning. 

Hotspots core objectives are:

Objective 1: On-ground fire management is informed by the best available fire ecology research and operational knowledge.

Objective 2: Landholders and land managers gain knowledge and skills to engage in practical and sustainable fire management - and plan and implement together strategies across landscapes.

Objective 3: Sustainable fire regimes are recognised in and are part of relevant regional, state and national policies and programs. 

Our Partners

Hotspots' partnership approach, with over 9 agency and non Government partners, offers a bridge between the gap of fire management for Natural Resource Management and Fire and Emergency Management.

Our partners include;

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW

The NSW Rural Fire Service

Catchment Management Authorities

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Local Government and Shires Association of NSW

University of Wollongong

NSW Farmers Association

NSW Department of Primary Industries - Forest NSW

and affiliations with NSW Land and Property Management Authority and

NSW Landcare Inc. 

 This Project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.

So What's it all about? Read on to find out more about this innovative project.

Hotspots Training Locations

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