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The 4th annual Australian Bushfire Building Conference & Community Forum is being held in the Blue Mountains in September.

Building on the success of the award-winning previous events, this year’s conference, which will be staged from September 6 to and including September 8 2018, has taken a national approach to bushfire building practices, innovations and regulations.

The programme for this year’s event is as follows:

– Keynote by NSW Rural Fire Service
– Analysis of the 2017 California fires that destroyed nearly 10,000 structures
– Analysis of the 2018 Tathra bushfire and a detailed look at a BAL 29 home that survived the fire
– Info sessions on updates to Planning For Bushfire Protection, AS3959 and NCC19
– Breakout sessions by industry with CPD points
– Expert panel session with Q&A
– Interactive app with live polling and Q&A capability
– Industry Expo with leading suppliers of bushfire building solutions
– Field trip on Thursday Sep 6 to the 2013 fire grounds in the upper & lower Blue Mountains
– Community Forum & Expo in Springwood on Saturday September 8

The schedule for the conference is as follows:

Thursday 6 September 2018
Pre-Conference Field Trip (optional)
10am – 4.30pm (departing Springwood station; includes lunch & afternoon tea)

Welcome Cocktail Reception and Registrations
5.30pm – Fairmont Resort, Leura

Friday, 7 September 2018
Australian Bushfire Building Conference
Fairmont Resort, Leura
8.30am – 5.30pm

Saturday, 8 September 2018
Bushfire Building Community Day: Forum & Expo
Blue Mountains Community Hub
106 Macquarie Rd, Springwood
10.00am – 3.00pm

For more information and to register Click Here