NSW coroner calls for overhaul of alerts, risk and firefighting systems after Black Summer bushfires

Teresa O’Sullivan says 2019-20 fire season ‘unprecedented in scale and intensity’ when delivering findings regarding 25 deaths

New rules for the use of firefighting aircraft, better alert systems and remodelling risk classifications are among the recommendations from a coronial inquiry into the Black Summer bushfires in New South Wales.

The inquiry examined 25 deaths across 46 fires across the state, with a 700-page report delivered on Wednesday more than two years in the making.