The Bushfire CRC governance and management structure consists of a Stakeholder Council representing all partners. Partners that annually contribute at least $100K have voting rights and the right to nominate a Governing Board member.  Under the chairmanship of Mr Len Foster AO, the Board governs the Bushfire CRC. 

There are five committees that contribute to the Board: the user research and education committee; human resources committee; strategic directions committee; research utilisation committee; and, an audit and compliance committee. The Chief Executive Officer of the Bushfire CRC is Gary Morgan, who is assisted by a management team at the Bushfire CRC headquarters in Melbourne.

There are five research programs within the Bushfire CRC, all of which contain a wide range of projects. The programs involve members of fire and land management organisations, universities, Australian Federal Government agencies, and New Zealand forest research agencies.

The Governing Board at the 2008 Annual Conference in Adelaide, September.