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Bushfire Safety Awareness

Joan Webster OAM's bushfire decades of safety work for the public is acclaimed by bushfire and emergency authorities throughout Australia and overseas. Her groundbreaking The Complete Australian Bushfire Book has been used in the training of fire authority officers. Much of what is now standard bushfire safety advice was originally devised by her. Her survey of community bushfire refuges in Vict

oria's Dandenong Ranges in 1988 led to changes in official policy and the construction of the first purpose-built school bushfire refuge at Sassafras. Householders, bushfire authorities and firefighters have acclaimed her work and books as providing the ability to save lives, homes and stress. Photo of the Currowan fire approaching Kangaroo Valley, NSW, January 4, 2020 (c ) Matthew Kelly.

‘Essential Bushfire Safety Tips was essential reading and definitely saved lives and property in Kangaroo Valley on January 4, 2020. Kangaroo Valley is now, arguably, the best example of a prepared community. Much of our preparedness was on account of your book Essential Bushfire Safety Tips and talking to you. You have contributed so much, not only to the Valley but to the nation. This comes from us, from the heart.’
-Matthew Gray Chairman, Community Bushfire Planning Committee, Kangaroo Valley, NSW.

‘I am alive today because I read Essential Bushfire Safety Tips so many times in the fortnight leading to Black Saturday, when I defended my neighbour's house at Gormandale, Victoria, in 2009.’

'Your advice has, and will, save lives. I gave my daughter a copy of your book before the Kilmore East fires, 2009, and they saved their own place and the house behind them.' - Antoinette Birkenbeil, Chewton Bushlands, Victoria.

'Like all Joan Webster OAM's information published, to know these facts and act on them will save your life and the lives of others around you, including animals, if you're caught in the grasp of a fire' - DART (Disaster Animal Response Team Australia).

'An expression of gratitude for all you have done to help people deal with fire danger. Your efforts have saved many lives already and your publications have become classics that will continue to help us while the threat of death by fire escalates. Your books are the most complete and authoritative in the S. With so many "bad" things happening in the world, I congratulate you for your contribution to the "good" side'. - Dr Barry Richardson, Phd., Jeeralang Junction via Churchill, Victoria, Founder of FireAway.

25/01/2025

If you have not seen the 'Bring Your Own Brigade' documentary it is worth watching at this time. I came away with these key points and reflections and would be interested in yours.
• always plan and act as if any fire will be fast as they create their own wind.
• poor communication a factor in tragic fires.
• lack of knowledge i.e.: using a garden hose to fight fire front.
• If in car – have the woollen blanket and re show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlUke-3lOLM 'Learn to live with fire' used to be shown on TV when I was growing up.
• counterproductive fire suppression practices
• climate change argument just means need to be prepared more often.
• after fire front gone green vegetation left confirming ember attack
• there will never be a fire engine for every house and at every house.
• people pointing their fingers in other directions than to themselves.
• more building in fire risk areas, more people living on the fringes.
• the only planning is for evacuation - no city has the capacity to evacuate it’s whole population at the same time.
• the community can be the brigade – i.e. like Kangaroo Valley in NSW 2020
• only way to stop a house from burning is making it fire safe from embers.
• basic measures like gutter protection knocked back at council meeting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bring-your-own-brigade/

"Bring Your Own Brigade" Two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker captures the horror and heroism of the deadliest week of wildfires in California history and explores the causes of what she calls a "global fire crisis" in the CBS Reports documentary "Bring Your Own Brigade."

Essential Bushfire Safety Tips - 3rd Edition

21/12/2024

Wishing you a safe & happy Christmas and New Year 🎄. There is a lot going on fire wise - so keep checking the many posts to assist you in your planning, preparation & practice; be it grass fires; travelling, pets, leaving early or staying to defend prepared homes and the humble essential woollen blanket. Thank you for all your ongoing support as we keep my Mum Joan Websters's Bushfire Safety Awareness legacy and expertise and your valuable contibutions alive for the benefit of all.
Essential Bushfire Safety Tips
https://store.holmgren.com.au/product/bushfire-safety-3ed/
and in the USA
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The Complete Bushfire Safety Book
https://www.penguin.com.au/.../the-complete-bushfire...

Essential Bushfire Safety Tips - 3rd Edition Essential Bushfire Safety Tips covers everything needed to protect lives and homes and make the best bushfire safety plan to suit your situation.

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