Big problems call for solutions driven by bold vision, and Minderoo’s Fire Shield project is just that. Using existing and developing space-based technologies, Fire Shield’s ambition is to create a system that can detect bushfires and extinguish them before they become a problem – and to have this capability within five years.

Today Professor Alan Duffy, Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University, and former lead scientist of the Royal Institution of Australia, talks to Adrian Turner, CEO of Mindaroo Foundation's fire and flood resilience Initiative, a program changing the way we deal with systemic fire and flood risk, helping to shift our national focus from response and recovery to disaster preparedness and resilience. 

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