Research Centre to address bushfire risk management

Oct 09, 2006

With global climate change and rising population increasing the threat posed by bushfires, the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and the NSW Rural Fire Service have joined with the University of Wollongong (UOW) to establish the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires.

Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell will open the centre on Friday, 13 October at a ceremony attended by UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton, NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Director General Lisa Corbyn and NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Phil Koperberg.

WHERE: Function Room 1, Level 2, UniCentre (Building 11), University of Wollongong

WHEN: Friday, 13 October, 2006. 9.30am.

CONTACT: Media Unit – (02) 4221 5942 or 4221 5490

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128