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The Complete Bushfire Safety Book and Essential Bushfire Safety Tips.Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842233874180864091noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-4845916022348155082016-11-06T14:17:00.003+11:002017-01-07T17:55:48.336+11:00<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">For bushfire safety information see:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-size: large;">m</span><span style="font-size: large;">y new blog</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.joanwebsterauthor.com/bushfire-safety/</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">my bushfire-safety-awareness Facebook page</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bushfire-Safety-Awareness-130977566959410/">https://www.facebook.com/Bushfire-Safety-Awareness-130977566959410/</a>Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-9977646268208565222016-09-27T22:18:00.002+10:002016-09-27T22:27:30.448+10:00CFA admits to bushfire safety advice errors<div class="entry-summary" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><b>The Country Fire Authority Victoria has admitted that some bushfire safety advice in its publications is incorrect. The Authority has thanked me for bringing these errors to its attention, and undertaken to appoint staff to correct them. Chief Officer Steve Warrington has </b></span><span style="font-family: "alegreya" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">…</span></b><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><a href="https://joanwebsterauthor.com/2016/09/25/official-bushfire-safety-advice-agreed-incorrect/" style="background-color: transparent; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: orange; font-family: alegreya, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #743399;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;">Continue reading</span></span><span style="color: #743399;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"> </span></span><span class="meta-nav" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">→</span></a><span style="color: orange; font-family: "alegreya" , serif;"> </span></span></div>
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-88631253753612040202014-12-22T22:55:00.002+11:002014-12-22T22:55:37.690+11:00Furniture can encourage house destruction<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;">FUEL REDUCTION IS NOT
JUST FOR THE BUSH AND GARDEN. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;">YOUR FURNISHINGS ARE
FUEL, TOO.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b style="background-color: black;">Inside your house
needs its own hazard reduction.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;">The reason houses are reduced to a few centimetres of ash
during a bushfire is NOT that the ‘sweeping flames’ of the bushfire have ignited
the cladding and moved inwards to
consume all. The reason is that some of the contents of the houses have been
ignited inside by the bushfire’s wind-blown embers and this internal fire
consumed all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #e69138;">What happens when an unattended spark or ember from
bushfire is blown inside a house, is that it smoulders, flares, and fire
spreads through furniture and furnishings, clothes and kitchen contents, papers
and plastics and fly-sprays and cleaning fluids. If no-one douses those first
embers, the fire moves through the house and structure until only ash and
twisted metal remain.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Destruction of historic homestead <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wolta-Wolta</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">South Australia</st1:state></st1:place></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: orange;">Be aware of which
aspect of your house makes it most vulnerable to destruction:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: yellow;">Not the cladding, the
contents!</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">DANGEROUS FURNISHING FABRICS: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">Cotton, rayon, linen, and acrylic; the plastic coating of
fibreglass fabrics; nylon, terylene, dacron and other synthetics; polyurethane
foam padding; synthetic carpets. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="background-color: black;">PROTECTIVE FURNISHING FABRICS: </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #38761d;">Pure, untreated, heavy quality wool; natural leather; good
quality vinyl; good quality lino; tiles and slate floors. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">To find more on this topic see:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">Essential Bushfire Safety
Tips </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;"><a href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6969.htm">www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6969.htm</a>
or </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Complete Bushfire Safety Book </span><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/joan-webster/the-complete-bushfire-safety-book-9781740510349.aspx" style="font-size: 12pt;">www.randomhouse.com.au/books/joan-webster/the-complete-bushfire-safety-book-9781740510349.aspx</a><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">Most libraries have both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></span>Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-34396723695627217152014-12-21T15:55:00.002+11:002014-12-21T16:04:09.718+11:00Don't wait to be told <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">On a nasty, hot, dry, windy day today, any bushfire that starts will be nasty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Don't wait for one to happen near you. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Don't wait to be officially told what to do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">NOW is the time to put your plan into action: </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">whether </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">it is to evacuate, defend or simply shelter. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: black; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">A bushfire threat seldom arrives to a schedule. </span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: black; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Any bushfire can be catastrophic when you don’t know enough of what to do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5454540252686px; line-height: 20px; text-align: right;"> Those who plan to defend need to know how to do so safely.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">Those who plan to evacuate need to know also how to shelter safely.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">SEE MY EARLIER POST on </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;">The three core dangers to life -</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: black; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">1. Radiant heat<br />2. Smoke, toxic gases<br />3. Dehydration<br />Three core life protections -<br />1. Protective clothing. Pure wool blanket<br />2. Nose mask.<br />3. Drink, drink, drink</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: black; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16.3636360168457px;">For everything to do with bushfire safety -</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">The Complete Bushfire Safety Book (Random House, 2000) </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">has in depth details </span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/joan-webster/the-complete-bushfire-safety-book-9781740510349.aspx" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" target="_blank">www.randomhouse.com.au/books/joan-webster/the-complete-bushfire-safety-book-9781740510349.aspx</a><span style="background-color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Essential Bushfire Safety Tips (CSIRO 2012) </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">is the one-liner, dot-pointed ready reference </span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publish.csiro.au%2Fpid%2F6969.htm&h=yAQFu8UHD&enc=AZOH1UoQ8ZTKyQODR7Ks9Caf82VqSKD_NJ2FUNxNxQ5Zh-ACcuaQQG7NmQIrKrliFNNCBiI8auG0hrwn3Hjj6mjmijiYnv1RgpSy4IqdfDr864Pqgh8y3Cj-lkQRCnThW5tJJxZ2-tocGaMdM--zpliK&s=1" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;" target="_blank">www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6969.htm</a></span>Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-73651291519985930502014-12-19T22:07:00.000+11:002014-12-19T22:08:10.464+11:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="color: orange;">I have
revamped my </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bushfire Safety Awareness</span><span style="color: orange;"> Facebook page. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-32485593888341652252014-12-19T22:02:00.000+11:002014-12-19T22:04:27.181+11:00TRAVELLING SAFELY DURING BUSHFIRE WEATHER<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;">
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Your car CAN protect you from a grassfire, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">MAY protect you from a very mild forest fire; </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">WILL NOT protect you from a fierce forest fire.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Many travellers who have died when confronted by grass fires would most likely have survived had they stayed in their cars.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">If your petrol tank is in good condition there is miniscule chance that it could endanger you. It certainly won’t explode in the short sheltering time of grass or mild fo</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #b45f06; display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">rest fire. Only faulty tanks have been known to explode. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Car refuge safety depends on fire intensity, flame height, amount of vegetation, whether parked on clear ground or grass, beneath or away from trees, the distance of the car from flames, and whether the duration of flames themselves is less than 10 seconds. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Grass fire flames last 5–15 seconds (in the one spot) and the front passes quickly. So if a grass fire approaches you while travelling, you can be safe by staying in the car.</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Forest fire flames can last five minutes (in the one spot) and for those who attempt to drive through fiery bush-lined tracks, the car can be death trap.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">As with houses, cars burn down from the inside. When people die in cars they are killed by the fuel inside the car: fibreglass, hydraulic fluids, petrol, plastics, insulation, magnesium alloys, and toxins given off by them. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Duco burns in 15 seconds on a car 4.5 metres from only 40 degreesC, 3-metre high flames. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">Upholstery and trims can burn within one minute. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">The in tense heat inside the car forces people out – usually to their death from the radiant heat coming from the bushfire.</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Always carry drinking water and a pure wool blanket for each passenger when travelling in rural areas in the summer.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: xx-small;"><b>People trying to evacuate while a bushfire is in their area <br />can crash in smoke or be trapped by fallen trees.</b></span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><b>The Complete Bushfire Safety Book</b> </span></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">and </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;"><b>Essential Bushfire Safety Tips </b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38;">each have chapters on protective travelling during the bushfire season.</span></div>
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-37869621401317125172014-12-18T21:37:00.003+11:002014-12-18T21:56:54.352+11:00Taking Shelter Safely<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="background-color: black;">WHEN THE BUSHFIRE
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b style="background-color: black;">“It Is Too Late To Leave, You Should Take Shelter And Stay
Indoors” </b></span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 15pt;">WHAT SHOULD YOU ACTUALLY DO?</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232;">IF YOU CANNOT SHELTER IN A BUILDING</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">
* Shelter behind a wall, beside a large bare-ground, fire resistant</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;"> </span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">tree; in
nor beside a car; in a dam (if no vegetation is near either) or crouch beneath
a pure wool blanket on a bare or already burnt area.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #f1c232;">I</span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 15pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #f1c232;">F YOU CAN SHELTER IN A BUILDING</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>BEFORE YOU GO INSIDE</b></span></span><span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">:</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Shut off gas and electricity at the mains.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Put pets inside: dogs on leash, cats in covered
cages.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Take in outdoor furniture, doormats, hanging
baskets, plastic pot plants.</span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #e69138;">WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE:</span></span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Make sure all doors and windows are securely
shut.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Turn off air conditioners; cover their internal
vents.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* If windows are unshuttered, cover with pure wool
blankets, heavy quality quilts, foil or wet towels. Move flammable furniture
away from windows. (See Post December 1 What Renters Can Do, for ideas for
emergency shutters.)</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">Wear protective clothing, nose mask, drink often,
have pure wool blankets handy and cool off when possible</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Watch the conditions outside through a small
window or peephole. When flaring shrubs have blackened it’s safe to go out
again. Burning tree trunks do not generally emit killing radiant heat.</span></span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="background-color: black;">P</span><span style="background-color: black;">ASSIVE SHELTERERS</span></span></span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Close internal doors to limit fire spread if
embers enter and ignite inside.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Stay by an exit door, in protective clothing and
with blanket.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* Do not shelter in an inner room. Not in the
hallway. Not in the bath. If you shelter in ANY kind of inner room – no matter
how many doors it has – you could be trapped. Embers may have ignited in
ceiling space, sub-floor or wall cavities. Flaming walls or ceiling could
collapse on you. Or toxic fumes from smouldering cushions or wall linings could
overcome you.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;">* It is vital for passive shelterers to exit as
soon as the potentially killing radiant heat from flames has died down.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow"><b><span style="color: yellow;">ACTIVE SHELTERERS</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span class="textexposedshow">* Take hose, sprayers and ladder inside with you.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* Fill bath & troughs with water, immerse
towels, roll up and place at door gaps and window ledges. Plug keyholes with
play dough, blue-tack or soap.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* Fill containers (e.g. garden sprayers) with
water; put these, with dippers, mops etc, in each room.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* Watch for invading embers. Particularly in the
ceiling space, through windows, gaps under doors. Quickly spray or hit with wet
mop any sparks, embers or smouldering furnishings.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* If any ignition cannot be extinguished, close the
door of that room.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* Maintain easy access to an exit door.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">* Never go outside during a flame front to douse an
outside ignition.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #e69138;">EXITING</span></span></span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;">* Exit with great care, preferably from a door that
is sheltered from the wind.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: bold;">* Wear protective clothing & nose cover, cover
yourself with your blanket, crouch, lower your eyelids and open the door
gradually.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: xx-small;">(Extracted from my Essential Bushfire Safety Tips
(CSIRO 2012), Chapter 21, 'What to do when bushfire threatens'.)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="textexposedshow" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: yellow;"><br /></span></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="textexposedshow" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">Post-2009 research by bushfire scientists revealed
that although 2/3 of Black Saturday fatalities died while sheltering in or near
the house, they did not die BECAUSE they were sheltering. They died because
they did not know how to shelter safely.</span></b></span></span></div>
Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-58630035308897464572014-12-18T21:04:00.001+11:002014-12-18T21:05:33.476+11:00Safely evacuating<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><span style="background-color: black;">If you want to evacuate be aware that the
proportion of evacuated homes destroyed is far higher than those with
defenders. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;">Reduce the possibility of loss by emb</b><b style="background-color: black;">er and flame-proofing your home
as much as possible before you leave: tightly close all windows and doors,
shield windows, remove flammable plants from against windows and flammable
cladding (pull them out if need be), mow grass, clear g<span class="textexposedshow">round beneath trees, put outdoor furniture, toys, pot
plants, mats etc inside, and cut back any branches close to the house. </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;">When you
leave, dress in protective clothing, including wide brimmed hat and strong
shoes, take drinking water & pure wool blankets. </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b style="background-color: black;">It is safer for your
precious possessions to bury those you can in the garden than to take them with
you.</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-30516888012415848322014-12-02T22:15:00.002+11:002014-12-02T22:17:50.039+11:00Forced evacuation during bushfire is illegal<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: yellow;">Anyone Wanting To Defend Their Home From a Bushfire Threat Needs To Know This:</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: yellow;">THE LAW SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO STAY.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: yellow;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">Neither police nor fire officers (at least in Victoria) have a legal right </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">to order anyone </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">to leave a threatened or burning premises </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">if they have any monetary interest in it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">This, of course, includes renters who own anything within the property. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">Such persons cannot legally be forced to evacuate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kinglake, Victoria, Black Saturday, </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">2009. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Picture (c) Katherine E. Seppings)</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></o:p><span style="color: #e69138;">The Emergency
Services Legislation 2012 and The Country Fire Authority Act </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">that give police
& fire officers power to order </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">‘withdrawal’ from ‘land, building or
premises </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"> <b>expressly excludes </b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">‘any
person having any pecuniary interest therein or in any goods or valuables </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">whatsoever thereon.’</span></div>
Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-39166480011549668792014-12-01T19:02:00.003+11:002014-12-01T19:09:04.546+11:00WHAT CAN RENTERS DO<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; tab-stops: .1in; text-align: justify;">
Renters
can be greatly restricted in preparing their home to be safer from a bushfire,
because of not being allowed to make alterations to buildings. But there is
still much you can do.</div>
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Remember,
the 3 core aspects of a house vulnerable to ember entry are the subfloor area,
windows, and roof space. See earlier post on this.<br />
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SUBFLOOR area is a danger when there is a space between the ground and
floorboards: especially if this part enclosed by timber gap-boards. Burning
debris can be carried through this. </div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Metal flywire can protect both
subfloor and windows. Nail it over gap-boards, and the outside of window glass.
This stops burning leaves and spark entry, and hinders cracking by radiant
heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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WINDOWS may need stronger protection
if you are in an area close to forest and subject to strong winds. Protect them
from being smashed and letting in a massive ember shower by making removable
shutters. Attach these on days of high fire danger, as a precaution.</div>
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Make a sandwich of fibreglass/mineral-wool batts or foil, pressed between
sheets of 9 mm plasterboard, 19 mm hardboard, fibre-cement,
corrugated iron, steel mesh or chicken wire. Attach by screws, hooks or velcro.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">* Use a strong old aluminium security door.</span></div>
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A roller blind of heavy duty foil protects from radiant heat and mild impact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">* If
criss-crossed with adhesive tape, glass stays intact if cracked by radiant
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<span lang="EN-GB">Each of these
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<span lang="EN-GB">The
ROOF-CEILING SPACE is vital. It needs a thorough preparatory clean out, and
careful watch for ember entry during a threat. This can be difficult to achieve
when a rent house does not have any inspection trapdoor. Explain to your
landlady or agent the dire potential for house destruction from this area and
the great protection to their asset by installing an inspection trapdoor. </span></div>
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GARDEN MANAGEMENT is usually possible. It will reduce potential radiant heat. Slash,
mow, rake, prune, tidy. <span lang="EN-AU">Replace
wood chip mulch with compost, earth or pebbles. Move woodheaps and rubbish away from house and put under cover.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0in;">YOUR PRECIOUS
POSSESSIONS can be left with a friend in the suburbs, put in storage, a hole in
the ground. Copy computer files to </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: 0in;">an external hard drive or high-GB memory stick.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span></div>
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YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY, whether defending or evacuating, wear protective clothing and have a pure wool blanket.</span></span></h2>
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even renters can legally be forced to evacuate. In Victoria, at least, if people have any monetary
interest in a property or its contents, neither police nor fire officers have a
legal right to order anyone to leave. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">More help in Essential Bushfire Safety Tips and
The Complete Bushfire Safety Book at on Facebook </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bushfire-Safety-Awareness/130977566959410" style="text-align: justify;">www.facebook.com/pages/Bushfire-Safety-Awareness/130977566959410</a><br />
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-35664110281309018572014-11-06T18:31:00.001+11:002014-11-06T18:32:04.534+11:00Stay and Defend or Leave Early'.<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">LINK to my talk at the Daylesford Bushfire Forum: </span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;">"Is 'Stay & Defend or Leave Early' still relevant?"<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>'<u>Stay and Defend or Leave Early'.</u> </b>Is this slogan still relevant?</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Is any slogan relevant? Few inform. Few are factual. Few save</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">lives or homes. They are seldom science-based. Often</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">nonsensical.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">So many slogans over the years. We’ve had:</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">‘People save houses. Houses save people.’</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">‘People and houses are safer together.’ ‘Stay in your house’</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">‘Stay and Defend or Leave Early’</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">‘Prepare, Stay and Defend or Leave Early’</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">‘Prepare, Act, Survive’.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">And now: ‘Leave and Live’</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here are just a few of the non-factual, non-sensical new</span></div>
<span style="color: #e69138;">mini-mantras spawned by the ‘Leave and Live’ slogan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Far from raising consciousness, <span lang="EN-AU">they increase ignorance and
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<span style="color: #e69138;">They contradict science, obscure <span lang="EN-AU">facts,
and </span>immortalize <span lang="EN-AU">errors. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t9hjrhf0ev3l67/Daylesford%20talk.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t9hjrhf0ev3l67/Daylesford%20talk.pdf?dl=0</a>Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-28730424426242952702014-10-02T00:39:00.002+10:002014-10-02T00:42:57.669+10:00<br />
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-86908617920290559412014-10-02T00:28:00.003+10:002014-10-02T00:44:35.590+10:00Rural Fire Officer Cycles for Cancer<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-41142550756736599722014-09-23T22:11:00.001+10:002014-09-23T22:18:30.188+10:00The roof/ceiling space - an extremely vital bushfire-protection chore<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Before it gets too hot, shine a
torch in there. Are ceiling and rafters coated with the</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">accumulated dust of years? This is highly
flammable. Are there rats’ or birds’ nest? Old papers? </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Clean it out! If you can’t physically do this yourself, there are
firms that specialise in this. If you don’t have an inspection trapdoor, make
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Crawl in and shine the torch up.
Do pinpricks of light show through the roof? Bushfire embers could enter here.
Solder or otherwise plug gaps in roofing metal; fasten and seal loose tiles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">These are extremely vital bushfire-protection
chores.</span><br /><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span><br /><u style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">The ceiling space</u><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> is </span><b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">very</b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> vulnerable. A tile or galvanised
iron sheet lifted by strong wind, a nail hole, a gap in the eaves, can let in
flying sparks and embers.</span><br /><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Even a spark can ignite roof dust and eventually ignite rafters.
Slowly and unseen, fire builds up, gases erupt, and up goes the whole roof
space. This can take hours. It often starts<i>
after </i>a fire front has passed, while the ember shower is still falling If shelterers are ignorant of what is
happening above them, a flaming ceiling collapses in. Too many bushfire deaths
and house losses happen this way.</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> They need not. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> The SA historic home, ‘Wolta Wolta’, destroyed on Ash Wednesday, 1983.</span><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> </span></span></div>
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owners rejoiced that the fire front had passed them by and were relaxing with a
cup of tea, fire was stealthily building up in the roof space.</span></span></div>
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you have continuous metal sheeting and/or roof sprinklers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> - best are low flow
sprinklers. And have enough water to run them.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #bf9000; text-indent: -0.25in;">Fill cracks with Expanda Foam
or a fire resistant expandable epoxy-type such as Nullifire.</span><br /><span style="color: #bf9000; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Insulate
above and below rafters.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: black; color: #bf9000;">Keep inspection door open, with ladder against
it with a torch, and water in knapsack or garden sprayers, handy just inside
it. And, of course, wear protective clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-44682094482701605862014-09-23T11:31:00.002+10:002014-09-23T11:31:24.264+10:00'Like' Bushfire Safety Awareness on Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Bushfire-Safety-Awareness/130977566959410Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-51081416397229744272014-09-01T22:52:00.001+10:002014-09-01T22:53:02.218+10:00Time to prepare for summer bushfire safety.<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCQFZrdhMJyycUOnfKb71QOv3a6Fny4C7U6sXM6IUoGtPE39FmfXzMUuHcF0fAgcY4aTcFE8ViVpl34PYdzjrsp_-M3_srMW5F7NDW_BVJDnJKIiORaH-ofF_vFA0hKXQ8FiNu_CccNM/s1600/Kinglake-house+saved-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="color: orange;">The time to prepare for summer bushfire safety is Now.<br />
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Even if you plan to evacuate, your house is more likely to be there when you
return if you prepare for its safety.<br />
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During a bushfire, vacated homes have the highest chance of being destroyed and
each burning house sends embers to destroy others. Most in-town house losses
are caused by such house-to-house ignitions - not by the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="textexposedshow">bushfire
itself. Good preparation, and knowledge of what to do, can virtually assure
survival.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Of the few Black Saturday fatalities classified as
having made some preparations (14%), the majority did so, bushfire scientists
investigating the losses noted: ‘only in the hours, or minutes, before they
thought a fire would hit.’</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>This house survived the Black Saturday bushfires at Kinglake</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: orange;">Contrary to the official fire service message, they
found that people had not died because they stayed to defend. That only 5% of
fatalities in or near houses had been engaged in any kind of active defence and
very few had a comprehensive fire plan. That more than 2/3 of houses in the
Black Saturday fire zones survived and 80% of home defenders succeeded.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">The post-Black Saturday research confirmed that almost every loss is caused not by ‘catastrophic’ weather, lack of official warning, nor by ‘staying’ or ‘going’. But by apathy, ignorance, and confused understanding. What did some know that others did not?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span class="textexposedshow">Winter is the time to:</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Modify the grounds.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Make and mend.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Check your bushfire safety plan and personal
Survival Kit</span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow">Inspect the garden for clutter and flammability. In
an un-cluttered garden, flames have to thin out; radiant heat has to die down,
embers become sparse. The less dense the vegetation, the less intense any fire
in it. Remove undergrowth and mow grass beneath trees - a tree can only ignite
if such ‘kindling’ is beneath it. Replace highly flammable native plants and
‘fine fuel’ with fire retardant plants such as succulents and European
deciduous trees. Move plants away from walls and windows. Flames can’t ignite
cladding if it’s not being hugged by shrubs.</span><br /><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">House are rarely destroyed by bushfire’s flames.
Ignitions are caused by ember entry. They burn from the inside outwards,
furniture and fittings first, frame and cladding last. Roof/ceiling space,
windows and sub-floor are the main entry points.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">Walk round your property and take note of spots
where embers could penetrate.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Clean out the roof void! If you don’t have an
inspection trapdoor, make one. Insulate above and below rafters.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Secure loose iron and fill nail holes. Install
low flow roof sprinklers if affordable.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Plug cracks with a fire resistant expandable
epoxy-type filler </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span class="textexposedshow">• Insulated wall cavities so burning debris can’t
send flames up them. Or build on a concrete slab.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Shutter or screen windows and skylights so
neither radiant heat nor embers can crack them.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Furnishings with fire resistant materials. Embers
can’t ignite floors if they’re slate, tile, brick or quality lino.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Pack a Survival Kit containing pure wool blanket.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">• Prepare, plan and practice a thorough safety plan
based on proven information.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>ABC’s Catalyst program tonight, Earth on Fire, was
excellent. A pity its promo and introduction was so misleadingly sensational:
‘The nature of fire is changing’. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>The nature of fire is not changing.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>It is the nature of its
required ingredients that are changing. As the program itself showed: human
activity and climate change. And a lot of this is up to us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Dryness - dryness of air (low
relative humidity) to hasten ignition and burning</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Oxygen - strength of wind to speed
and extend reach of flame & spread of embers</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>We can’t change the heat, dryness, oxygen factors. But WE
CAN THE FUEL FACTOR.: within and around our properties; within and around our towns.</b></span></div>
Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-38631046196361656342014-06-03T22:07:00.002+10:002014-06-03T22:07:26.859+10:00Time to prepare for bushfire safety<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="color: #b45f06;">The time to
prepare for summer bushfire safety is in the winter. Now.</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Even if you plan to evacuate, your house is
more likely to be there when you return if you prepare for its safety. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span lang="EN-AU">During a bushfire, v</span><span lang="EN-AU">acated homes have
the highest chance of being destroyed and e</span><span lang="EN-AU">ach burning house sends embers to destroy
others. Most in-town house losses are caused by such house-to-house ignitions -
not by the bushfire itself. Good preparation, and knowledge of what to do, can
virtually assure survival. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span lang="EN-AU">Of the few </span><span lang="EN-AU">Black
Saturday</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">fatalities classified as having made some preparations (14%), the
majority </span><span lang="EN-AU">did
so</span><span lang="EN-AU">, b</span><span lang="EN-AU">ushfire scientists investigating the losses</span><span lang="EN-AU">
noted: </span><span lang="EN-AU">‘only
in the hours, or minutes, before they thought a fire would hit.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Contrary
to the official fire service message, they found that people had not died<i> because</i> they stayed to defend. That only 5% of fatalities in or near houses had been engaged in <i>any</i> kind of active defence and very
few had a comprehensive fire plan. That
more than 2/3 of houses in the Black Saturday fire zones survived and 80%
of home defenders succeeded.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span lang="EN-AU">The
post-Black Saturday research confirmed that almost every loss is caused not by
‘catastrophic’ weather, lack of official warning, nor by ‘staying’ or ‘going’.
But by apathy, ignorance, and confused understanding. </span><span lang="EN-AU">What
did some know that others did not? </span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Winter
is the time to:</span></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Modify
the grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Make
and mend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Check
your bushfire safety plan and personal Survival Kit<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Inspect
the garden</span></b><span lang="EN-AU">
for clutter and flammability. In an un-cluttered garden, flames <i>have </i>to thin out; radiant heat has to
die down, embers become sparse. The less dense the vegetation, the less intense
any fire in it. Remove undergrowth and mow grass beneath trees - a tree can
only ignite if such ‘kindling’ is beneath it. Replace highly flammable native
plants and ‘fine fuel’ with fire retardant plants such as succulents and
European deciduous trees. Move plants away from walls and windows. Flames can’t
ignite cladding if it’s not being hugged by shrubs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">House
are rarely destroyed by bushfire’s flames. Ignitions are caused by ember entry.
<span lang="EN-GB">They burn from the inside
outwards, furniture and fittings first, frame and cladding last. R</span>oof/ceiling
space, windows and sub-floor are the main entry points.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Walk round your property</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">and take
note of spots where embers could penetrate.</span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Clean
out the roof void! If you don’t have an inspection trapdoor, make one. Insulate
above and below rafters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Secure loose iron and fill nail holes. Install
low flow roof sprinklers if affordable.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Plug cracks with a <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Tms Rmn"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fire resistant expan</span><span lang="EN-GB">dable epoxy-type filler<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">Insulated</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">wall cavities</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-AU">so burning debris can’t</span> send flames up them. Or build<span lang="EN-AU"> on a concrete slab.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Shutter or screen windows and skylights so
neither radiant heat nor embers can crack them<span style="font-family: Rockwell; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Furnishings
with fire resistant materials. Embers can’t ignite floors if they’re slate,
tile, brick or quality lino.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Pack
a Survival Kit containing pure wool blanket.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-AU">Prepare,
plan and practice </span>a thorough safety plan based on proven
information. <span lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Joan Webster OAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17385028740096396153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966517037484859605.post-40704110266984939512014-03-01T15:51:00.001+11:002014-03-01T16:10:28.787+11:00Right to stay and defend property from bushfire<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="color: orange;">ANYONE WANTING TO
DEFEND THEIR HOME FROM A BUSHFIRE THREAT </b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>NEEDS TO KNOW THIS:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>THE LAW SPECIFICALLY
ALLOWS YOU TO STAY.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.5pt;">Neither police nor
fire officers have a legal right to order anyone to leave a threatened or
burning premises - if they have any monetary interest in it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>As well as home owners this of course
includes renters who own anything within the property. Such persons
cannot legally be forced to evacuate.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">The Emergency Services Legislation 2012 a</span><span style="color: orange;">nd </span><span style="color: orange;">The Country Fire Authority Act </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">that give police & fire officers power to order </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">‘withdrawal’ from ‘land,
building or premises that is burning or threatened by fire’ </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>expressly excludes</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"> ‘any person having any pecuniary interest therein or in any goods or valuables
whatsoever thereon.’ </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Kinglake, Black Saturday, 2009. Photo (c) Katherine Seppings</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>If you are ordered to leave but wish to stay, </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>the section of
the law to quote is </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>‘The Country Fire Authority Act, 18 Amendment of section 31 (4)</b>’.
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<span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the detail of that legislation:</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012, </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
No. 5 of 2012, Part 2—Amendment of
Country Fire Authority Act 1958, <br />
18 Amendment of section 31—Police to assist Chief Officer.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">(3) Any member of the police force
may, of his own motion or on the direction of … any officer in charge of a
brigade— </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"> (b) if a person is… in or on any land,
building or premises that is burning or threatened by fire— </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">(i) order the person to withdraw
and …to immediately leave any area affected by the fire by the safest and
shortest route; and </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">(ii) in the event that the person
fails or refuses to withdraw—remove the person.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">(4)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff9900;">nothing in this section or
section 30 shall authorize the removal from any </span><st1:place style="color: orange;" u1:st="on"><st1:placetype u1:st="on">land</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype u1:st="on">building</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: #ff9900;"> or
premises of any person having any pecuniary interest therein or in any goods or
valuables whatsoever thereon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>A CFA Leave and
Live television advertisement aimed at residents of rural towns </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>to warn
them of the danger of 'staying' spells out in large letters </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">'TEMPERATURES CAN REACH 800 DEGREES DURING A BUSHFIRE'.</span><span style="color: orange;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b> </b></span></span><b style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;"> </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>People are
taking this to mean the air temperature can reach 800 degrees in our town,
around our home, during a bushfire. And so there's nothing they can do but
Leave and Live. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">This is NOT air temperature, not even near the fire front. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: Calibri;">This is the
temperature <i>inside a flame.</i> </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: yellow;">Deep within the core of fire front flames. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">To
experience 800C during a bushfire, </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">you would have to walk into the fire front.</span><span style="color: orange;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Temperatures
have been accurately taken within the flames of fire fronts burning in dry eucalypt
forests by an amazing system of fire proof thermometers set up by a research
group of eminent bushfire scientists. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>If it was true
that during a bushfire air temperature can reach 800 degrees where you are
during a bushfire, no one who stayed at Kinglake or Marysville during that
worst of worst bushfires, Black Saturday 2009, would have been left
alive. All those who 'sheltered' on the sports ground would been
cremated. No building would have remained.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>What purpose is served by this
terrifying, distorted, advertisement?</b></span><span style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="color: orange;"><b> </b></span></o:p><b style="color: orange;">It is not difficult to vastly lower the amount of heat that
can impinge on your property during a bushfire threat, by reducing the amount
of flammable vegetation on it. Thin out thinned, unclutter and tidy your garden
plantings; include fire resistant species; use no-flammable mulch.</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>The intensity of heat emitted from any flame front is
directly related to the density of vegetation in which it is burning. There is
even a formula for this:<span lang="EN-GB"> ‘the
intensity of a bushfire increases as the square of the dry fuel weight’ (I = W<sup>2</sup>).</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>No matter how fierce is the flame front burning in the bush,
it HAS TO immediately die down when it reaches a less dense area of vegetation.
Five metre flames burning in 2 metre high grass HAVE TO drop or stop when they
reach dirt, gravel, concrete, or 2 cm high grass.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Google:</span> "Flame
temperature and residence time of fires in dry eucalypt forest"<span class="apple-converted-space">, by </span>B.
Mike Wotton, James S. Gould, W. Lachlan McCaw, N. Phillip Cheney and Stephen W.
Taylor<span class="apple-converted-space"> 2011 (</span><em>International
Journal of Wildland Fire</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>21(3) 270 – 281. Full text<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF10127"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF10127</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b style="color: orange;"> </b></div>
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