You are here:HomePlan & Prepare OLDBushfire Basics-OLD Am I at Risk?-OLD By recognising and understanding your risk environment this will also help you to start preparing your property for fire and know what to do. Visit page: Am I at Risk?-OLD How Fire Behaves-OLD Understand how fire behaves: learn how terrain, vegetation, weather conditions, temperature, and wind contribute to the risk of bushfires. Visit page: How Fire Behaves-OLD Radiant Heat-OLD Radiant heat is the heat you feel from a fire. It is the biggest killer in a fire. The best protection is distance. Visit page: Radiant Heat-OLD Grassfires - Rural-OLD Grassfires can start and spread quickly, especially on days when the Fire Danger Rating is Extreme or Catastrophic. Visit page: Grassfires - Rural-OLD Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns-OLD If you live or work on the outskirts of a city or town, you might be next to grassland, parks, paddocks or bush. Visit page: Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns-OLD Campfires-OLD Unattended campfires, and campfires that haven't been extinguished properly can turn into bushfires. Visit page: Campfires-OLD How Bushfires Start-OLD Bushfires and grassfires start due to natural and human causes. All fire needs heat, oxygen and fuel (vegetation) to start, burn and keep burning. Learn more about what causes bushfires and how to prevent fires starting on this page. Visit page: How Bushfires Start-OLD Page last updated: Tuesday, 22 September 2026 2:47:43 PM
Am I at Risk?-OLD By recognising and understanding your risk environment this will also help you to start preparing your property for fire and know what to do. Visit page: Am I at Risk?-OLD
How Fire Behaves-OLD Understand how fire behaves: learn how terrain, vegetation, weather conditions, temperature, and wind contribute to the risk of bushfires. Visit page: How Fire Behaves-OLD
Radiant Heat-OLD Radiant heat is the heat you feel from a fire. It is the biggest killer in a fire. The best protection is distance. Visit page: Radiant Heat-OLD
Grassfires - Rural-OLD Grassfires can start and spread quickly, especially on days when the Fire Danger Rating is Extreme or Catastrophic. Visit page: Grassfires - Rural-OLD
Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns-OLD If you live or work on the outskirts of a city or town, you might be next to grassland, parks, paddocks or bush. Visit page: Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns-OLD
Campfires-OLD Unattended campfires, and campfires that haven't been extinguished properly can turn into bushfires. Visit page: Campfires-OLD
How Bushfires Start-OLD Bushfires and grassfires start due to natural and human causes. All fire needs heat, oxygen and fuel (vegetation) to start, burn and keep burning. Learn more about what causes bushfires and how to prevent fires starting on this page. Visit page: How Bushfires Start-OLD