The Hon Aileen MacDonald OAM MLC today issued a timely warning, particularly to those in the Northern Tablelands, to “get ready for a bushfire”.
Ms MacDonald issued a reminder that the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period is just a week away, with the official period running from 1 October to 31 March.
“I’ve seen bushfires up close, and I know how devastating they can be,” Ms MacDonald said.
“We can’t defy nature, but we can prepare as best we can by taking the NSW Rural Fire Service’s advice and adhering to their four-step bushfire survival plan,” she said.
Ms MacDonald said the four steps were simple:
- Have a family discussion over dinner to plan what to do in the event of a bushfire.
- Prepare your property by keeping grass low and having a cleared area around your home.
- Know the bushfire alert levels on the NSW RFS website and in the ‘Fires Near Me’ app.
- Keep up to date with all bushfire information numbers, websites, and apps.
Ms MacDonald said it’s a fact that if you and your home are well prepared, you stand a better chance of surviving a bush fire.
Ms MacDonald urged all communities, especially those in regional and rural NSW, to go the RFS website and download more information on the four critical steps.
Click on the link here: https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/resources/bush-fire-survival-plan
“We may not be able to stop the damage, but we can prepare in advance to minimise injury or even death.”
