March, AlanGonzalez-Mathiesen, ConstanzaYunis-Richter, Francisca2025-02-202025-02-202024Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 39 (2): 46-50https://hdl.handle.net/11447/9798Urban settlements in bushfire interface areas face many ongoing challenges that require integrated actions across jurisdictional boundaries and spatio-temporal scales. The Charter for Fire Adapted Settlements (CFAS) and its practice note have been developed as a relatively simple summary of key principles to achieve this. Its foundational principles can be used and adapted in a range of settings in Australia and internationally to understand risks, to develop or critique existing processes and to take action.5 p.enCFASManagement of bushfire risksHuman settlementsArticle