The Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre is conducting research to build a disaster-resilient Australia. The CRC coordinates a national research effort in hazards, including bushfires, flood, storm, cyclone, heatwave, earthquake and tsunami.

The centre draws together all of Australia and New Zealand's fire and emergency service authorities with the leading experts across a range of scientific fields to explore the causes, consequences and mitigation of natural disasters. Research partners include universities, the Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience Australia, and several international research organisations.

This combined effort is helping to build disaster resilient communities across Australia.