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Victoria has days of extreme fire danger every summer...
If
you live in a high bushfire risk area, you can expect several days
on which you, your family and your house may be threatened by fire.
You need to know exactly what you will do on these days. You need
a really practical bushfire survival plan.
 Listen
to this safety message. Or read this transcript...
Find out more...
Attend a community meeting
Each summer CFA takes it to the streets to hold community meetings
in local halls and on street corners. Find
a meeting near you
Develop a bushfire survival plan
Developing a bushfire survival
plan is an important job that should take you more than just
a few minutes. And it's best to make the plan before the start
of the summer bushfire season.
The Living in the Bush bushfire survival
plan workbook can assist you to develop a plan.
Are you ready for the bushfire season?
- Are you at risk? Remember you
can still be at risk in an Urban Fringe or Semi-Rural Area.
- Will you stay and actively defend
your property, or leave early before a fire threatens and
road travel becomes hazardous?
- Will you be able to protect
your property if there is a bushfire in your area?
During a bushfire there will not be a fire truck available to
protect every property. If you want to stay and defend your property
you will need to do some preparation well in advance and develop
your own bushfire plan
- Will you be able to protect
yourself if
there is a bushfire in your area?
To defend your home may take many hours of strenuous activity.
Are you physically and emotionally able to defend your home?
If you intend to stay and defend your property, you will need
to have the right gear and to be prepared
- How will you know there is a fire in your area?
It is likely that the first sign of fire in your area will be
smoke - or even flames – near your property.You
may not get an official warning, so you need to be
alert and prepared on days of high fire risk
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