Compiled Plans & Documents OPW18-0342 02

                                                                                            Bushfire Emergency Provisions
                                                        Residential Aged Care Facility – 6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach



 Bushfire Emergency Provisions
 Residential Aged Care Facility – 6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise
 Beach



CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Why develop these provisions? ............................................................................................................. 5
Part A       .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Establish an Emergency Planning Committee .................................................................................... 6
Site Characteristics ................................................................................................................................. 7
Understanding Bushfire Hazard ............................................................................................................. 7
Bushfire Attack ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Direct Flame Contact ............................................................................................................................ 8
Ember and Firebrand Attack ................................................................................................................. 8
Radiant Heat Flux ................................................................................................................................... 9
Fire Driven Wind ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Smoke            ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Vegetation Communities ....................................................................................................................... 9
Topography ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Fire Weather .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Primary Action 1: Monitoring Fire Weather ........................................................................................ 12
Primary Action 2: Preparing for Evacuation or Sheltering ................................................................ 14
Item 1: Refuge and Transportation ..................................................................................................... 14
Item 2: Bushfire Warning System .......................................................................................................... 15
Item 3: Preferred Bushfire Emergency Management Model ........................................................... 15
Primary Action 3: Decision to Evacuate ............................................................................................. 17
ACTION TRIGGER 1: FIRE WEATHER ...................................................................................................... 17
ACTION TRIGGER 2: BUSHFIRE WARNINGS .......................................................................................... 18
BUSHFIRE-SPECIFIC EVACUATION......................................................................................................... 18
Primary Action 4: Decision to Shelter in Place ................................................................................... 20
Step 6 Staff Training and Awareness .................................................................................................. 21
After the Event ...................................................................................................................................... 22




Status: Provisions                                                                                                                                  December 2018
Project No.: 18-030                                                                                                                                       Page 3