The current Bushfire Safety Policy issued by bushfire authorities states:
"A
‘Code Red’ fire danger rating predicts the worst conditions for a bushfire,
and ALL residents of high-risk areas
are advised to leave the night before or early in the day."
and ALL residents of high-risk areas
are advised to leave the night before or early in the day."
Will this include
every patient from every hospital & nursing home
& every prisoner from every gaol to be transported to where?
– Melbourne or Geelong ? On the hottest days?
Ambulances and
prison vans all streaming along on roads
congested with every evacuating
resident from every rural town?
Or to will only
the medical staff and prison officers evacuate
– and leave the patients and
prisoners to their own devices?
What of animal
hostels, horse studs and vetinerary clinics?
Will the staff evacuate and leave the animals – some ill in cages - to
their fates?
Or will they
evacuate the animals with them,
travelling in confined quarters for long
distances on the hottest days,
subject to death from heat stress?
Bushfire authorities MUST advised the community
of safe options other than evacuation.
People MUST be
advised of the safe ways to achieve the three options
- safe defence and safe
shelter as well as the option of safe evacuation
Essential Bushfire Safety Tips and The Complete Bushfire Safety Book
explain these options in detail