Fact Sheets - Bushfire Prevention

The CFS is working through recommendations arising from the Royal Commission into the Victorian Bushfires and SA's Bushfire Taskforce. As these changes are implemented, our website and publications will be updated.

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Preparing for Bushfires

PREPARE. ACT. SURVIVE. - summary of key actions that will assist you in making decisions to improve your safety and chances of survival.

Preparing your Property for Bushfire - detailed information as to the measures that can be taken in preparing property for the bushfire season.

Identifying Hazards around your Home - information to aid you to identify the things around the outside of your home that may easily burn and become embers and those areas that may be vulnerable to ember attack.

Fire Danger Rating - understanding the Fire Danger Rating to help you assess your level of bushfire risk and identify appropriate actions for your survival.

Preparing Yourself for Bushfires - the emotional and physical preparations necessary for bushfire.

Bushfire Behaviour - comprehensive information about bushfire including differences in fuel, weather effects and the stages of a bushfire.

Days of High Fire Danger - outlining what high fire danger is, the Fire Danger Ratings and Fire Ban Districts.

Bushfire Survival Kits - what you need for a survival, relocation and recovery kit.

Personal Survival - information relating to heat stress, dehydration and burn injuries.

Fuel Breaks - how to reduce and maintain defendable space between your home and property.

How Houses Burn - information as to how houses burn and the stages of a bushfire.

Planning to Leave Early - steps to take when planning to leave early and understanding the triggers.

Planning to Stay and Defend - information on what you will need to do to prepare yourself and your property during the year.

Fire Fighting Equipment - information on water storage systems, sprinklers systems and other useful ways to prevent the spread of fire within the home.

Care of Pets and Livestock - advice for the care and transport of pets and livestock prior to, during and after a bushfire.

Creating an Asset Protection Zone - designed for use on Kangaroo Island as part of the pilot Bushfire Management Program that is underway.

Horses and Bushfire - steps that horse owners can take to prepare themselves, their horses and their property for bushfires.

During Bushfires

Watch & Act and Emergency Warning Messages - three levels of messages that can be issued during a bushfire that you need to be familiar with.

On the Day of a Bushfire - the preparations and actions to take on days of bushfire threat.

What to do in the event of a Bushfire - what to do at each stage of a bushfire , the practical tasks that need to be undertaken.

The fact sheets below are currently under review.

Building a Home in a Bushfire Area
Sprinkler Systems
Fire Safety Strategies for Community Groups
Telephone Trees
Fire Retardant Plants
House Siting and Design
Permits
Burning Off
Landscaping for Fire Protection
Maintenance of Machinery
Storage of Flammables
LP Gas Safety
Protection of Fodder Reserves
Campfires and Barbecues
Holiday Fire Safety
House Fires
Bushfire Bunkers

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Building a Home in a Bushfire Area

This is a Planning SA Fact Sheet written in June 2003. It gives an overview of the requirements that apply to all new homes and accommodation facilities that are built in South Australia´s designated bushfire prone areas.
Building a Home in a Bushfire Area (500Kb)

Sprinkler Systems - Fact Sheet 11

Guidance and advice on the installation of sprinklers systems and how they work.
Sprinkler Systems - Fact Sheet 11 (925Kb)

Fire Safety Strategies for Community Groups - Fact Sheet 13

This fact sheet includes information on how to form a Community Group and the strategies that these groups can employ to help protect themselves and each other in the event of a bushfire.
Fire Safety Strategies for Community Groups - Fact Sheet 13 (1197Kb)

Telephone Trees - Fact Sheet 14

An explanation of what a Telephone Tree is - a method of communication between community members and how it should be activated. The Fact Sheet gives an overview and advice on what this method communication is used for and how it is formed.
Telephone Trees - Fact Sheet 14 (472Kb)