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Fire Safety Information

PREPARING YOUR PROPERTY

The following links provide information from the RFS to assist you in preparing your property for fire season and to help determine the best strategy for you and your family in readiness for a bush fire threat to our community.

Fire Safety Information

The NSW Rural Fire Service publishes a range of Fact sheets, Brochures, Guides, Posters and books regarding Home fire safety, household chemicals, bush fire, farms, leisure and recreation, and business.

Documents are available for download.

Bush FireWise Publications

Home bush fire survival plan

Home bush fire preparation

Bush fire evacuation and relocation

Bush fires – How do they affect a home?

Home bush fire shelter

Total Fire Bans in NSW

Static Water Supply (SWS)

Inhalation of bush fire smoke

Bush FireWise 1 – Before the fire

Bush FireWise 2 – Trees

Bush FireWise 3 – External sprinkler systems

Bush FireWise 4 – Bush Fire impact on houses

Guide to Bush FireWise Action Plan

Bush FireWise Action Plan

Farms FireWise Publications

Introduction to Farm FireWise

Guide to Farm FireWise Checklist and Action Plan

Animals and Livestock

NSW DPI – Being prepared is a key to minimising the impacts of fire on your property and livestock.

NSW DPI – Help your Animals to Survive and Emergency

The Australian Horse Industry Council – Horse Emergency Contact Database

Other links

Information on Current Bushfire Incidents in NSW

Farm FireWise Web Page

Victorian CFA Living in the Bush Web Page