Essential Bushfire Safety Tips

By: Joan Webster OAM

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Paperback | 20 October 2021 | Edition Number 3

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400 Pages

Edition Type
Revised

Dimensions(cm)
21.0 x 14.8 x 1.04

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Essential Bushfire Safety Tips provides scientifically verified bushfire safety information, clearing a path of understanding through the maze of policies and tangle of misconceptions and opinions.

Set out in easy-to-access dot-points, Essential Bushfire Safety Tips:

demystifies bushfire behaviour

takes readers step-by-step through every aspect of bushfire safety and danger

details each stage of preparing for and responding to the various types of bushfire threat

defines safe and unsafe ways to act at each stage of risk

clarifies the benefits and hazards of defending, sheltering and evacuation

details how to prevent bushfire from destroying your home, even if evacuated

explains why one house is untouched but the next is destroyed

reveals research into why many people safely defended their homes while others did not

facilitates informed choices for one's own circumstances

brings a message of hope and empowerment: that with appropriate knowledge, preparation and awareness, towns, homes and people can safely survive this annual summer peril.

Industry Reviews

'I am alive today because I read Essential Bushfire Safety Tips' - Robyn Mitchell, Woombah, NSW; 'This book could save your life' - Phil Cheney PSM. Former Head, CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Management; "Though Essential Bushfire Safety Tips is written for Australia, its lessons are universal." - The Natural Hazards Observer, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder.

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