2019 Bushfires: Australia's Black Summer | What lessons were learnt?

Black Summer was a season of fear and destruction. From November 2019 to March 2020, Australia was in a state of emergency with fires ravaging the county's bushland. With communities destroyed and individuals left homeless, what have we learnt from this devastating period of Australian history?

In this digital exclusive we sit down with NSW RFS Fire Commissioner Rob Rogers and Former Commissioner of Fire and Rescue New South Wales Greg Mullins to discuss the devastating lessons of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.

Key Chapters in this video:
00:00 'Hell on Earth'
02:10 Rob Rogers and Greg Mullins
02:31 Black Summer
04:31 Firefighters Burning Out
06:01 Communities Rebuilding
08:28 Where did the funding go?
11:09 The effects of Climate Change on bushfire seasons

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Produced, Filmed and Edited by Nicholas Gane and Lucy Hatcher.

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