Latest News
Welcome to the Hotspots News Online latest news. Listed below are all the articles from our current and previous newsletters.
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Fire Season Update, June 2024
Posted: 27th June 2024This Autumn of 2024 was relatively typical for NSW, with most parts of the state seeing average to above average rainfall and a predicted normal fire potential across the state. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshop Update, June 2024
Posted: 26th June 2024The Hotspots team have been busy delivering great workshops across the state with workshops at Utungun, Wollombi/ Laguna, Canoelands/ Maroota and Numeralla/ Countegany. Learn more about the workshops in your local area. Read the full article...
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Understanding Fuel: Fire Behaviour Fact Sheet
Posted: 26th June 2024The second in the Hotspots Fire Project’s Understanding Fuel fact sheet series is now available. Read the full article...
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Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project June Update
Posted: 25th June 2024Hear the latest from NCC’s Large Forest Owls Project about an upcoming workshop and how species are benefiting from their nest box program after the 2019/20 bushfires. Read the full article...
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Staff Update, June 2024
Posted: 24th June 2024The Hotspots Team says farewell to RFS Hotspots Facilitator Jamie Bertram, RFS Hotspots Coordinator Jennie Cramp as well as long-term volunteer and supporter Rob Pallin. Read the full article...
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New Regional Fire Management Plans
Posted: 23rd June 2024Across the state new plans have been developed that determine how bush fire is managed in your local area. Learn more and check out your local plan here. Read the full article...
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Useful links and applications
Posted: 22nd June 2024Check out the updated list of resources including tools, databases, and applications you may find useful. Read the full article...
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Fire Season Update, January 2024
Posted: 19th January 2024Large areas of eastern, central and northern NSW are expected to see increased risk of fire in summer 2024 as areas burnt in the 2019/20 fires are now able to support dangerous fires again. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshops Update January 2024
Posted: 18th January 2024A calmer weather period has allowed the Hotspots teams to get workshops rolling out across the state with two workshops delivered already both with close involvement from Indigenous fire practitioners. Read the full article...
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Landholder Booklet Updates 2023
Posted: 17th January 2024The Hotspots Fire Project has reviewed its “Managing Fire on Your Property” booklets for landholders in the Southern Rivers, Northern Rivers and Hawkesbury Nepean regions, with updates to climate change predictions, FDRs and more Read the full article...
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Safe Havens - Large Forest Owls Project Workshop
Posted: 17th January 2024NCC's newest component of its Large Forest Owls Project, the Safe Havens Project, has held its first community workshop outlining recent data, nest box techniques, and impacts on local owl populations across the Richmond and Clarence Valleys. Read the full article...
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Burning Approval Process Fact Sheet Update
Posted: 16th January 2024The Hotspots Fire Project has updated its fact sheet on the Burning Approval Process with the most current advice on what to do when seeking approval to burn on your property. Read the full article...
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Nana Glen Workshop - Watch Video
Posted: 15th January 2024Watch a video about a Hotspots Workshop conducted up on the north coast in 2021 at Nana Glen, and the outcomes for a range of landholders. Read the full article...
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Eco Burn Education - an Award Winner!
Posted: 14th January 2024Mid Coast 2 Tops Landcare has been partnering with RFS, Mid Coast Council, the Hotspots team and Nature Conservation Council, to run a program called Eco Burn Education. Last month, at the 2023 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards, the program... Read the full article...
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Fire and Restoration Resource Hub, January 2024
Posted: 13th January 2024Check out the NCC’s Biennial Bushfire Conference recordings, new short courses for landholders, a children’s book about a hazard reduction burn and a new initiative to protect small mammals after fire… Read the full article...
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FNPW grants for landholders now open
Posted: 18th December 2022Grants of up to $5000 are being offered with the purpose of supporting communities in areas affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire season. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Staff Update, December 2022
Posted: 17th December 2022The Hotspots Fire Project welcomes new team members in both the Rural Fire Service and Nature Conservation Council. Please say hello if you encounter Zofie, Jason, Belinda or Neal at future workshops or events! Read the full article...
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Fire season update December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021It’s been a wet start to the bush fire season with above normal rainfall set to continue until late summer but don’t get complacent about potential fire risk during the warmer weather. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshops Update December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021Now that lockdown has lifted in most of NSW, Hotspots is rolling out across the state with face-to-face workshops in the Upper Kangaroo River, Berry, Bombay, Upper Yango and the Elands Bulga Plateau. Read the full article...
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Understanding fuel… and fuel accumulation
Posted: 11th December 2021A new resource for landholders, created by the Hotspots Fire Project team, delves into the influential world of fuel. Read the full article...
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Kurrajong Koala Corridor project, six years on…
Posted: 11th December 2021Six years after a Hotspots workshop in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, the Kurrajong Koala Corridor Project has grown into a super highway for biodiversity. Read the full article...
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Rare mouse makes a comeback
Posted: 11th December 2021The enigmatic Nationally Endangered Hastings River Mouse has been located during a recent small mammal survey near Mt Hyland, after concerns for the population following the 2019 Bees Nest Fire. Read the full article...
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Engaging a contractor to burn
Posted: 11th December 2021Are you considering getting help to undertake a burning activity on your property? Here is some guidance about engaging a private contractor to undertake a burn on your behalf. Read the full article...
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Fire and Restoration Research Hub, December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021Did you miss out on NCC’s 12th Bushfire Conference? The recordings of the three-day event are now available online along with a wealth of other resources on the Fire and Restoration Research Hub. Read the full article...
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Large Forest Owls Project videos
Posted: 5th March 2021See what the Large Forest Owls Project has been up to and access their training videos via a new Large Forest Owls Project poster. Read the full article...
