Western Australian Family's Bushfire Preparations Save Their Home

Bushfire preparation was key to one Stoneville, Western Australia, family's efforts to save their home from a 500-hectare bushfire that destroyed 57 homes in January

Early planning saves family home

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Bushfire Plans Need To Include Pets

While creating their bushfire plan, Western Australia homeowners were reminded by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services to include pets in that plan

Homeowners urged to consider pets when developing bushfire plans

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Bushfire Protection Zones Key To Protecting Western Australia Homes

A spokesman for Western Australia's Bedfordale Bushfire Ready Group expounded on the need to establish protection zones to prepare property for bushfires

Protection zones the key to bushfires

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DFES Advises Perth Homeowners To Prepare For Bushfires

Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services used the Banjup bushfires that scorched 500 ha across Perth's southern suburbs in February of 2013 as a cautionary tale to urge homeowners to prepare

Blaze a shock for pair

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Hawaiian Communities Discuss CWPPs

Community Wildfire Protection Plans will be discussed for the Hawaiian communities of Volcano, Ka‘u, Ocean View, and South Kona during a series of meetings over the next two weeks

Community Wildfire Protection Plan meetings

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Hume Homeowners Receive Pointers On Bushfire Preparedness

ACT Rural Fire Service scheduled an open house event at their Hume station to familiarize homeowners with how to prepare for bushfires

Bushfire season awareness gets a boost

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Homeowners Observe Bushfire Action Week

Western Australia homeowners were prompted to prepare for bushfires as part of Bushfire Action Week

Regional residents urged to begin preparing for bushfire season

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Brisbane Residents Get Bushfire Demonstration

Queensland Fire and Emergency Service is using demonstrations to educate the public on the dangers of bushfires in Brisbane

Bushfire in the city prepares Brisbane for emergency season

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Queensland Homeowners Urged To Create Bushfire Plan

Queensland Fire officials reminded homeowners of the Community Warning Messages hierarchy while urging them to make a bushfire plan

Firies urge Coast residents to make a bushfire plan

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Rural Fire Service Urged New South Wales Homeowners To Prepare For Bushfires

Rural Fire Service educated New South Wales homeowners on bushfire preparations at an open day event at the Banjo Paterson Reserve

Bushfire season the hot topic at Clifton Grove Ophir Rural Fire Service open day

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Allstate Foundation Helping Colorado Residents Prepare For Wildfires

A $30,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation will be used to help pay for wildfire mitigation around at least 60 homes in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Gazette Premium Content Colorado Springs fire gets residential wildfire mitigation grant

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New South Wales Homeowners Underinsured Against Bushfires

A leading insurer warned that many New South Wales homeowners risk falling short by more than $100,000 if they lose their property in a bushfire

Insurance complacency despite bushfires

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PG&E Donates $163,500 To Fire Safe Council

Pacific Gas & Electric provided a $163,500 grant to California's San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe Council to prepare for wildfires at an event at the Mt. Lowe communications site near Cuesta Pass

Wildfires can bring tragedy and a need for precautionary measures

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Wollombi Community Firewise Program Praised By Victoria Fire Officials

The Wollombi Community Firewise Program has been praised by Country Fire Authority for preparing that Victorian community for bushfires

Wollombi program teaches bushfire survival

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Only 57% Of Victorians Prepared For Bushfires

Research from insurer AAMI has found only 57 per cent of Victorians living in a high-risk area have prepared their homes for bushfires and only 41% have prepared a home bushfire survival plan

Don’t become complacent, residents warned on bushfires

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Queensland Homeowners Get Bushfire Tips

Fire officials provided some tips to Queensland homeowners on how to protect their homes from bushfires

What you need to protect your home from bushfire

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Wildfire Partners Program Helps Colorado Residents Prepare For Wildfires

The Wildfire Partners program is helping Boulder County, Colorado, residents prepare for wildfires

High Country News: A new wildfire protection approach in Colorado

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Living With Bushfires Conference In Churchill, Victoria

Two hundred people attended the three-day Living With Bushfires conference at Churchill, Victoria's, Federation University to learn how to prepare for bushfires

Talking bushfire tactics

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Study Reveals New South Wales Homeowners' Bushfire Preparedness

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Nathan Maddock, Communications Officer at Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, sent along a Fire Note that reveals some interesting facts about bushfire preparedness by residents in New South Wales' Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and Port Stephen area

Study captures insights on bushfire risk and response

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ACT Fire Officials Encourage Homeowner Participation In CBR Bushfire Ready

Australian Capital Territory officials initiated a new campaign that will encourage residents to get their homes bushfire ready and register their involvement in the CBR Bushfire Ready weekend next month

New laws to beat bushfire risk

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Canberrans Told To Prepare For Summer Bushfires

Tens of thousands of homeowners in and around Canberra, Australia, were urged to make preparations for bushfire season even though summer is still two months away

Early fire alert as households put on notice of bushfire threat

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Virginia Homeowners Preparing For Fall Wildfire Season

Homeowners in Virginia, where an estimated 1 million people live in forested areas, were reminded that the fall wildfire season will commence on October 15th

Fall Wildfire Season begins October 15 in Virginia

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West Virginia Homeowners Face Fines During Fall Forest Fire Season

The West Virginia Division of Forestry reminded homeowners of the fines they face for sparking a wildfire during the fall forest fire season, which runs through December 31st

West Virginia fall forest fire season begins

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New South Wales Homeowners Urged To Prepare For Bushfires

With the onset of the Bushfire Danger Period, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner urged homeowners to prepare before the fires arrive

Prepare now for bushfire threat

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New South Wales 10/50 Rules To Be Revised

New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Fitzsimmons announced that the RFS would make changes to the way the 10/50 bushfire rule was being applied in built-up areas after complaints lodged by several councils

Rural Fire Service relents on bushfire code

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One Million New South Wales Homes Face Bushfire Danger

The New South Wales Emergency Services Minister warned that over 1 million households were in danger from bushfires

One million homes at risk across NSW this bushfire season: Hot dry El Niño conditions move authorities to high alert

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Defensible Space Protects Washington State Home

The value of defensible space is graphically represented by a photo showing a home spared by Washington's 180-acre Mill Creek Fire, which burned all around the property earlier this month

Project shows value in Mill Creek wildfire

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