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Updated: Wildfire Management Overlay (WMO) Applicant's Kit with printer friendly version also available.
Safety and Design
Fire safety is just one aspect of good house design.
If you want to manage your bushfire
risk or reduce your chance of
experiencing a house fire, there are many steps you can take
when designing and building your home.
Where you site your home on your property, the type of house you
build, the materials you use and the way you prepare your garden
can all influence the success of defending your home during a bushfire.
If you are building in an area with a bushfire risk, your property
may be subjected to a Wildfire Management Overlay (WMO).
Your council's planning scheme has identified areas where the likelihood
and consequence of a bushfire is severe and it is these areas that
are subject to the provisions of the WMO.
Your self assessment may need to be supported by a Wildfire Development Plan or a planning report as part of your permit application. Refer to the example Wildfire Development Plan (pdf 164k) and WMO planning report (Warning Large File pdf 2440k).
CFA engages in Land
Use Planning to support its objective of improving community
safety in wildfires. CFA is a Referral Authority in all municipal
planning schemes for subdivisions that create a road and for
areas that are subject to a WMO.
There are also steps you can take to reduce your risk of experiencing
a house fire, including:
- Installation of hard wired in smoke alarms – this is
now required by legislation in all new homes prior to occupancy
- Installation of Safety switches in all new homes, - these
play a valuable role in fire safety by reducing the risk of faulty
electrical equipment leading to a house fire
For further information on making your home safe from bushfire
and house fire, go to:
See Also:
CFA Advice regarding Working with Polystyrene Void Formers (pdf 147k)
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