CFA’s Website

contains

false information 

    

on the survivability 
of homes during bushfire.

The statement

‘If you live in a high-risk bushfire area

your home will not be defendable 
on a Code Red day.’¹

has absolutely no basis in fact.

It can lead to unnecessary loss of homes.

Picture Katherine Seppings

Research by bushfire scientists

into 2009 Black Saturday house losses found that:

Ø        80% of Black Saturday home defenders succeeded²

Ø        Over 2/3 of houses in the bushfire areas survived³.

1http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/fm_files/attachments/plan_and_prepare/frk/prepare-for-bushfire.pdf

2 Issues in community bushfire safety: http://www.bushfirecrc.com/publications/citation/bf-3160

3 John Handmer, Bushfires Royal Commission http://www.royalcommission.vic.gov.au/getdoc/0232b6c7-1998-4001-a2d9-de82b6630134/Transcript_VBRC_Day_139_27-Apr-2010