Summary
- Free learning and home visit services.
- Simple, online learning modules.
- Home fire and bushfire modules available.
- Designed in collaboration with people with disability.
- Home visit services are targeted to people who need extra support.
Who is 'at higher risk' in home fires and bushfires?
Everyone is at risk from fire, but some people are at higher risk. Reasons people may be more at risk:
- They can't quickly identify that a fire has started.
- They don't know what to do in a fire.
- They can't quickly escape from a fire in their home.
- They can't leave early in a bushfire without support.
Are you or a person you care for at higher risk?
Online modules to reduce the risk
CFA has designed simple, online learning modules to help you think about:
Home fire safety learning
Including the following topics:
- how to reduce the chance of a fire starting in your home
- how to know a fire has started
- how to make a fire escape plan that works for you
Bushfire safety learning
Including the following topics:
- how to make a bushfire survival plan that works for you
- how to understand bushfire risk
- where to find bushfire information
Program features
Convenient and free
All of our online learning modules are free, can be accessed online, and done anytime. You can save your progress and come back to finish them anytime.
It's as easy as creating an account for the online learning hub and getting started.
Person-centred approach
People manage their own lives every day and are the experts in their own situation.
We design our learning modules to give everyone the opportunity to actively participate in their own emergency planning and decision-making.
Can be held in-person as a group
Each of the modules can be done online anytime, or you can organise an online or in-person group session. Contact your local CFA office or email communityprograms@cfa.vic.gov.au for more information.
Targeted services
CFA also has free, targeted in-home visit services for people who are at higher risk.
Bushfire Planning - You and the person you care for is a free online e-learning module designed for informal carers to learn about how to help the person they care for develop a bushfire plan.
The free Prevent, Detect, Escape online e-learning module is designed to help people at higher risk, and those working with them to improve fire safety in their homes and develop a home fire escape plan.
Explore CFA's programs for people at higher risk:
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