NSW government schools by bushfire category (2024)

NSW government schools by Rural Fire Service bushfire category. Includes school codes which can be used to link to other datasets. Data provided for the NSW GovHack, 2017.

Data Notes:

• Category 1 = heavy bush or forest
• Category 2 = light bush or scrub
• Category 3 = no bush, grass-covered land
• Buffer = no bush, but within 50 meters of category 1 or 2 bush

References:

• https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/building-in-a-bush-fire-area/additional-information (see: What do the colours mean on the map?)
• https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/d6f2d89f-3cdc-4da0-add2-f2da74bc0bfc/metaexport/html (see: abstract)

Data Source:

• Asset Management System (AMS), School Infrastructure NSW.