NDRGS, the National Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme, funded a project “Robust Environmental Sensing for Enhanced Bushfire Risk Modelling and Prediction” 2011-2013, with chief investigators Allison Kealy, Bill Moran, Matt Duckham, Patrick Lane, and Kevin Tolhust. The NDRGS project developed sensors, networking, and data processing schemes to provide relevant, accurate, timely and trustworthy environmental information to improve the reliability of fire prediction models, laying some of the foundations for the RISER project.