FURNISHINGS FOR BUSHFIRE
SAFETY
Fuel reduction is not just for the bush and garden. Your furnishings
are fuel, too. Inside your house needs its own hazard reduction.
A bushfire’s
embers and flames can cause house ignitions,
but the total
destruction of houses
is caused by the untended burning of its contents.
When an unattended spark or ember from bushfire is blown inside a
house,it smoulders, flares, and fire spreads through furniture
and furnishings,clothes and kitchen contents, papers and
plastics and fly-sprays and cleaning fluids until only
ash and twisted metal remain.
Be aware which aspect of houses lead most to the most destruction:
not
the cladding, the contents!
This is just some of the new information
in the just- released 3rd edition of my
Essential Bushfire Safety Tips (CSIRO)
