Preparing a Bushfire Emergency Survival Kit

With large swathes of Australia now prone to bushfires, it is important to prepare for bushfire season. One way you can prepare for bushfire season is by putting together an Emergency Survival Kit.

According to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Australia has 125 million hectares of forest, which accounts for approximately 16% of our total land area. Due to the paring back of traditional bushfire management approaches, Australian forests contain a significant amount of flammable fuel, and so are becoming increasingly prone to bushfires. As such, many Australians now live in bushfire prone areas, areas that have been, or are likely to be, subject to a bushfire attack due to their proximity to bushfire prone vegetation (according to Bushfire Prone Planning). You can verify whether you live in a bushfire prone area using the Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ (DFES) map of bushfire prone areas. If you do live in a bushfire prone area, it is important to be sufficiently prepared for bushfire season – even a little bit of preparation can go a long way in safeguarding your wellbeing and the wellbeing of those around you. One way you can prepare for bushfire season is by collating an Emergency Survival Kit. Emergency Survival Kits are intended to contain items that can help shore up your chances of survival in a bushfire or any other natural disaster, regardless of whether you evacuate or stay to actively defend your home. With that being said, let’s look at the must-have items for your Emergency Survival Kit.

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