You are here:HomePlan & PrepareBushfire Basics Am I at Risk? 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? How Fire Behaves Understand how fire behaves: learn how terrain, vegetation, weather conditions, temperature, and wind contribute to the risk of bushfires. Visit page: How Fire Behaves Radiant Heat 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 Grassfires - Rural Grassfires can start and spread quickly, especially on days when the Fire Danger Rating is Extreme or Catastrophic. Visit page: Grassfires - Rural Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns 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 Campfires Unattended campfires, and campfires that haven't been extinguished properly can turn into bushfires. Visit page: Campfires How Bushfires Start 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 Page last updated: Tuesday, 26 August 2025 1:18:00 PM
Am I at Risk? 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?
How Fire Behaves Understand how fire behaves: learn how terrain, vegetation, weather conditions, temperature, and wind contribute to the risk of bushfires. Visit page: How Fire Behaves
Radiant Heat 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
Grassfires - Rural Grassfires can start and spread quickly, especially on days when the Fire Danger Rating is Extreme or Catastrophic. Visit page: Grassfires - Rural
Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns 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
Campfires Unattended campfires, and campfires that haven't been extinguished properly can turn into bushfires. Visit page: Campfires
How Bushfires Start 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