Webinar – Targeting Our Bushfire Risk Management to where it Matters Most (AM in Action – a 2025 Excellence Award Submission)

With bushfire threats intensifying, Essential Energy is using enhanced risk modelling to rethink how and where it manages vegetation near powerlines. In this session, learn how the Bushfire Priority Zone Transition (BPT) project is tackling the challenge of mitigating bushfire risk across 3,850 km of high-risk network areas—equivalent to a full year’s vegetation management workload. Discover how data-driven prioritisation, strategic planning, and targeted investment are enabling a smarter, more effective response to bushfire resilience in critical electricity infrastructure.

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Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2025 Excellence Awards.

Presenter:
Pip O’Donnell, Senior Engineer – Network Risk & Safety, Essential Energy

Pip began her career on the BHP Graduate Program, after completing a double degree in Chemical Engineering and Commerce at the University of Sydney. She worked in the mining sector in technical and leadership roles for a decade. In 2018, Pip joined Essential Energy in a governance role, later contributing to finance and leading the ENSMS Development Program. After a year off in 2022 to welcome a second child, Pip returned to co-lead the Bushfire Priority Zone Transition Project, an initiative critical to community safety and climate resilience. Based in Port Macquarie, Pip enjoys the regional lifestyle and is passionate about climate science — and cheering on the Sydney Swans.