Meaningful community engagement throughout all phases of the development and implementation
Embed ample time for community engagement process and strategies into project timelines
Find community champions to encourage participation and engaged end-users to deliver the intervention
Engage with relevant industry partners (e.g., Rural Fire Service) to support and promote the intervention
Learn about community dynamics and events and use events to engage with community members
Seek advice from community members as advisory groups to guide community preferences, ensure interventions meet needs, and to assist with navigating community challenges
Value that meaningful engagement can be time-consuming, but that it is critical to gaining trust and traction
Be flexible to the needs, dynamics, and preferences of specific communities
Larger scale and more robust designs are needed to assess further effectiveness of this and similar interventions
Adapt and trial the intervention for other types of extreme weather events (e.g., floods, cyclones)

Building Future Resilience and Preparedness in a Bushfire-affected Community: The Phoenix Project

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