Fire Plan for Summer. Have you got your fire plan ready??
That is the question asked of many of us over this year’s fire season. One can’t be too careful and in this exclusive we talk to the General Manager of Fire-Safe Australia to get the latest on what you ought to do in order to make us feel safe. We include, for the benefit of the reader some simple illustrations that may assist with developing your very own fire plan. And we know from the recent Bushfires Royal Commission that the terrible destruction wrought by these devastating fires had nothing to do with the unfettered rise of real estate across the fringes, and inappropriate development in very burnable places. What it proved once and for all, was that Christine Nixon was solely to blame. Another victory for vested interests, misogyny and the legal profession, who understandably quite like Royal Commission’s.
But first a note from Will Burnem-Freeley, the Firesafe CEO.
‘It is with some anticipation I offer these words of advice to the readership of PCbyCP. In the event of Summer one cannot be too careful. Living in the bush is axiomatic with death and destruction. The bush you may consider as your friend, but it will get up and move to KILL YOU!! Learn to FEAR the bush and understand this one simple principle, one can never ever be certain, that in spite of the best preparations the bush will KILL YOU! So live in fear. And when your hear ‘on the wireless’ of a Total Fire Ban Day know that you should be very afraid. And if you don’t flee, and grab whatever you can, you will be immolated in a cauldron of death delivered HELL!! Furnished with this advice I have illustrated these basic points to protect yourself, and hope these simple illustrations will help you survive’.
1 A fire proof house. Though one can never be safe, This is a fire proof house. It is made from steel and concrete. The periscope is to allow visual analysis before, during and after fire. It comes complete with bunker, backup bunker, and backup backup bunker.
2 Prepare for fire. Only once a property has been cleared of all vegetation will it be accredited FIRE-SAFE!. All vegetation must been cleared to a distance of one kilometre, and coated in non flammable concrete.
3 Dress sensibly. This is the latest approved dress or fire protection and fighting. Approved and endorse by Border Force it offers all round protection.
4 Be organised. A communications system is very important, our network, ‘codeword Maginot’ provides a fail proof answer. The integrated community system of tunnels ensures a fail safe ‘whole community’ plan.
5 Have an evacuation plan. The recommended Gallipoli model is tried and tested. Leave at dawn and don’t let the bushfire know you’re leaving.
6 Establish fire breaks, ensure fire breaks are kept free of vegetation. No fire break can ever be wide enough, but several kilometres may ensure a measure of safety.
7 Is your fire pump up to the task? get a bigger one.
8 Water storages are all important, divert natural systems.
9 Fire spotting. Build a fire tower. Several hundred metres high for long term fire behaviour prediction.
10 Organise a panic button. When all else fails this will do wonders for morale. Will generate hysteria, start sirens, flashing lights, road blocks, fear and alarm amongst the entire community.
11 Have a woman handy. If all of the above precautions fail, BLAME HER!!
12 If you fear fire, don’t live in the bush. Simple advice but not often heeded.