Emergency and disaster response
Bushfire
Emergency and disaster response
Bushfire
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Plan and Prepare
Most fires can be controlled
- Stay up to date and be ready to act if there is a fire.
Be Ready to Act
Fires can be dangerous
- Decide what you will do if a fire starts.
- There’s a heightened risk. Be alert for fires in your area.
- If a fire starts, your life and property may be at risk. The safest option is to avoid bushfire risk areas.
Take Action Now to protect your life and property
Fires will spread quickly and be extremely dangerous
- These are dangerous fire conditions.
- Check your bushfire plan and make sure your property is fire ready.
- If a fire starts, take immediate action.
- If you and your property are not prepared to the highest level, go to a safer location well before the fire impacts.
- Reconsider travel through bushfire risk areas.
For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas
If a fire starts to take hold, lives are likely to be lost
- These are the most dangerous conditions for a fire.
- Your life may depend on the decisions you make, even before there is a fire.
- For your survival, do not be in bushfire risk areas.
- Stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.
- If a fire starts and takes hold, lives and properties are likely to be lost.
- Homes cannot withstand fires in these conditions. You may not be able to leave and help may not be available.
Risk and fire weather information
Air quality
- Live air data (Department of Environment, Land and Water)
- Smoke and dust health action levels (Department of Environment, Land and Water)
- Smoke and dust health action levels explained (Department of Environment, Land and Water)
- Air quality (Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care)
- Bushfire smoke (WorkSafe.qld.gov.au)
- Bushfires – staying safe and healthy in smoky conditions (Queensland Health)
- Bushfire smoke and your health (Queensland Health)