Bushfire documentaries

ABC iView has  television documentaries, public service announcements, and dramas based on real bushfire events that can help to increase your awareness of bushfires in Australia:

Video: How well do you know your bushfire warnings? (Community Announcement, 2 minutes. Source: ABC News)

Authorities are urging all Australians to understand the official warning system and what life-saving action they should take.

Ready Together
(Documentary, Rated PG, 1 episode, 25 minutes)
Craig Reucassel presents the stories of two communities devastated by Australia's black Summer bushfires, exploring how these communities are strengthening their capacity to respond and prepare for the future.

Living  with Fire
(Documentary, 5  episodes)
The bushfires that burnt through eastern and southern Australia in late 2019 and the beginning of 2020 were some of the worst in the world and recorded history. For millennia the Australian continent has been shaped by fire.

People's Republic Of Mallacoota
(Documentary, 6 episodes, Rated M)
Can the traumatised survivors of a bushfire-ravaged coastal community seize control of their own destiny, overcome their differences, and save their town from dying?

Fires
(Drama series, Rated M, 6 episodes, featuring images and dramatic reconstructions based on the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires which may distress some viewers).
Heartbreak, loss, heroism, humanity and community. Inspired by true events, Fires tells the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating fires of the 2019-2020 Australian summer.