Kenlynn Castaways Beach BMP

ƒƒ   What will you do if your Bushfire Survival Plan fails?   ƒƒ   Move any stock to fully grazed paddocks.

ƒƒ   Do you have an alternative option or contingency         ƒƒ   Move cars to a safe location.
     plan if your plan fails?
                                                              ƒƒ   Remove garden furniture, doormats and other
ƒƒ   Do you have a Neighbourhood Safer Place (NSP)                 items.
     you can go to as a last resort? For more information
                                                              ƒƒ   Close windows and doors and shut blinds.
     on NSPs see www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au.
                                                              ƒƒ   Take down curtains and move furniture away
ƒƒ   Is it safe to travel there?
                                                                   from windows.
If your decision is to leave early, you must include the      ƒƒ   Seal gaps under doors and window screens with
following information or action items in your Bushfire             wet towels.
Survival Plan:
                                                              ƒƒ   Place pets inside, restrain them, and provide water.
ƒƒ   Monitor media outlets – radio, TV, mobile phone
     and internet for bushfire alerts.                        ƒƒ   Block downpipes and fill gutters with water.

ƒƒ   When will you leave?                                     ƒƒ   Wet down the sides of buildings facing the
                                                                   approaching fire front.
ƒƒ   What will be your trigger for action?
                                                              ƒƒ   Wet down decks and verandas.
ƒƒ   Will your plan be different for weekdays, weekends,
     or if someone is at home sick or injured?                ƒƒ   Wet down fine fuels close to buildings.

ƒƒ   What will you take with you (Relocation Kit)?            ƒƒ   Turn on sprinklers in garden before bushfire arrives.

ƒƒ   Where will you and your family go when you               ƒƒ   Fill containers with water; bath, sinks, buckets,
     leave early?                                                  wheelie bins, etc.

ƒƒ   What route will you take to get there?                   ƒƒ   Have ladders ready for roof space access (inside)
                                                                   and against roof (outside).
ƒƒ   What will you do with your pets?
                                                              ƒƒ   Have generator or petrol pump ready.
ƒƒ   What will you do if there are consecutive or multiple
     ‘catastrophic’ or extreme fire danger days?              ƒƒ   Start checking and patrolling for embers outside.

ƒƒ   Will you go into work on days when the FDR is in         When the fire front arrives:
     the upper levels?
                                                              ƒƒ   Take all fire fighting equipment inside such as
ƒƒ   Will you send your children to school when the                hoses and pumps as they may melt during the fire.
     FDR is in the upper levels?
                                                              ƒƒ   Go inside and shelter away from the fire front.
ƒƒ   Will all members of your household leave early?
                                                              ƒƒ   Patrol the inside of your home, including the ceiling
ƒƒ   What will you do to prepare your property?                    space, for embers or small fires that may start.
ƒƒ   What is your contingency plan in the event that          ƒƒ   Drinks lots of water.
     it is unsafe to leave?
                                                              ƒƒ   Check family and pets.
If your decision is to stay you must include the
following information or actions items in your                After the fire front has passed:
Bushfire Survival Plan:
                                                              ƒƒ   Wear protective equipment.
ƒƒ   Monitor media outlets – Radio, TV,                       ƒƒ   Go outside once it is safe.
     mobile phone and internet.
                                                              ƒƒ   Check for small spot fires and burning embers:
ƒƒ   Locate your Bushfire Survival Kit.
                                                                   ŽŽ inside roof space
ƒƒ   Put on protective clothing.                                   ŽŽ under floor boards
ƒƒ   Remain hydrated by drinking lots of water.                    ŽŽ under house space
                                                                   ŽŽ on veranda and decks



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= What will you do if your Bushfire Survival Plan fails?

= Do you have an alternative option or contingency
plan if your plan fails?

= Do you have a Neighbourhood Safer Place (NSP)
you can go to as a last resort? For more information
on NSPs see www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au.

= Is it safe to travel there?

If your decision is to leave early, you must include the
following information or action items in your Bushfire
Survival Plan:

= Monitor media outlets — radio, TV, mobile phone
and internet for bushfire alerts.

= When will you leave?
= What will be your trigger for action?

= Will your plan be different for weekdays, weekends,
or if someone is at home sick or injured?

= What will you take with you (Relocation Kit)?

= Where will you and your family go when you
leave early?

= What route will you take to get there?
= What will you do with your pets?

= What will you do if there are consecutive or multiple
‘catastrophic’ or extreme fire danger days?

= Will you go into work on days when the FDR is in
the upper levels?

= Will you send your children to school when the
FDR is in the upper levels?

= Will all members of your household leave early?
= What will you do to prepare your property?

= What is your contingency plan in the event that
it is unsafe to leave?

If your decision is to stay you must include the
following information or actions items in your
Bushfire Survival Plan:

= Monitor media outlets — Radio, TV,
mobile phone and internet.

= Locate your Bushfire Survival Kit.
= Put on protective clothing.

= Remain hydrated by drinking lots of water.

When the fire front arrives:

After the fire front has passed:

SEE

Move any stock to fully grazed paddocks.
Move cars to a safe location.

Remove garden furniture, doormats and other
items.

Close windows and doors and shut blinds.

Take down curtains and move furniture away
from windows.

Seal gaps under doors and window screens with
wet towels.

Place pets inside, restrain them, and provide water.
Block downpipes and fill gutters with water.

Wet down the sides of buildings facing the
approaching fire front.

Wet down decks and verandas.
Wet down fine fuels close to buildings.
Turn on sprinklers in garden before bushfire arrives.

Fill containers with water; bath, sinks, buckets,
wheelie bins, etc.

Have ladders ready for roof space access (inside)
and against roof (outside).

Have generator or petrol pump ready.

Start checking and patrolling for embers outside.

Take all fire fighting equipment inside such as
hoses and pumps as they may melt during the fire.

Go inside and shelter away from the fire front.

Patrol the inside of your home, including the ceiling
space, for embers or small fires that may start.

Drinks lots of water.

Check family and pets.

Wear protective equipment.
Go outside once it is safe.
Check for small spot fires and burning embers:

= inside roof space

= under floor boards

= under house space

= onveranda and decks

 

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