The Fire Knowledge Network will create value for the fire industry through:

• Ability to identify opportunities to leverage business value from learnings
• Reduced risk, better bushfire management
• Increased levels of innovation
• Improved collaboration between fire and land management agencies, and researchers
• Ability to adapt and respond quickly to a changing business environment
• Promotion and communication of the outcomes and application of fire research to the wider community
• Avoid repeating work already done and repeating mistakes already made
• Learning from the past and applying those learnings
• Improved decision making due to access to timely, reliable, accurate, information
• Fast, simple and easy access to information to support core business processes
• Reduce costs because of lower levels of redundant, duplicated or erroneous information
• Improve data integrity through better information control
• Supports knowledge retention within the fire industry

The Fire Knowledge Network is a way for fire agencies to build their people, increase their core competencies and improve business performance.