Bushfires in Kingborough
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 9:14AM Bushfires (also known as wildfires) have impacted on the Kingborough community many times with the 1967 fires being the most devastating.
Since the tragic events of the 2009 Victorian fires, the Tasmania Fire Service has made a number of changes to the fire danger rating and warning systems as well as advice on staying and defending your home or evacuating early.
Tasmania Fire Service recommends that you should not plan to defend your home when the fire danger rating exceeds 50 (severe) unless you have created a defendable space and ember-proofed your home. Unless your home has a defendable space and has been designed and built specifically to withstand a bushfire, you should not plan to defend it if the fire danger rating exceeds 75 (extreme). Tasmania Fire Service recommends that you should not plan to defend any home when the fire danger rating exceeds 100 (catastrophic), regardless of any preparations you have made. If a fire breaks out on these days, you should leave for a safer place well before the fire threatens your home.
Residents are urged to develop a bushfire plan and become familiar with the new advice from Tasmania Fire Service to ensure that you and your family are aware of what actions should be taken in the event of a fire that is likely to impact on your home.
Tasmania Fire Service has an excellent website and residents are encouraged to visit the site for further information
