Get ready for bushfires
You are most at risk of bushfires if you live near forests, grasslands, or bushland, especially in regional, coastal, or semi-urban areas bordering rural land.
Preparing today can help you stay safe if there is a bushfire. Talk with everyone in your home and prepare together so each person knows what to do.
Ready your home
- Clean roof and gutters.
- Trim trees, mow lawns and rake up flammable material.
- Seal gaps in walls, floors, windows, doors, and roofs.
Make an emergency plan
- Who will you call in an emergency?
- When should you leave and how will you stay safe when you go?
- Where will you go?
Pack an emergency kit
What to pack in your emergency kit
- Clothes
- Woollen blankets
- Toiletries and toilet paper
- Sunscreen and hand sanitiser
- Medicines and a first aid kit
- Water (at least 3 litres per person, per day)
- Food (non-perishable food and a can opener)
- Battery-operated radio
- Torch & spare batteries.
If you need to leave, make sure you take:
- Mobile phone and charger
- Important documents
- Valuables
- Cash and bank cards
- Medicines.
Bushfires resources
In language resources to help prepare for Bushfires
