As Australia is approaching the Bushfire season 1st November to 30 April . Please make sure your Bushfire Ready PREPARE. ACT. SURVIVE. Evacuation Alerts: An evacuation is recommended or procedures are in place to evacuate. Emergency warning: You are in imminent danger and need to take action now. You will be impacted. Watch and act / Warning: An emergency is heading toward you. Conditions are changing and you need to take action now to protect yourself and your family. Advice: An incident is occurring or has occurred in the area. Access information and monitor conditions. Planned burns: Planned burning involves lighting fires under carefully managed conditions. It aims to reduce the impacts of damaging bushfires on communities, property and the natural environment. Fire Danger Ratings: Fire Danger Rating wheelThe Fire Danger Rating tells you how dangerous a fire would be if one started. It helps you to know when conditions are dangerous enough to enact your bushfire survival plan. Ratings are forecast using Bureau of Meteorology data for up to four days in advance, based on weather and other environmental conditions such as fuel load. The rating is your prompt to take action to stay safe. Total fire bans and ratings Fire Danger Ratings are forecast for four days and a Total Fire Ban is declared on days when fires are likely to spread rapidly and could be difficult to control. If a district has not been declared a Total Fire Ban, fire restrictions may still apply for each municipality. How do Total Fire Bans and Fire Danger Ratings differ? Although Total Fire Bans and Fire Danger Ratings are predominantly both determined by weather, they exist for different reasons. Total Fire Bans A Total Fire Ban sets legal restrictions on what activities can or can not occur in a particular district for that day. It aims to reduce the activities that may start a fire. Fire Danger Ratings Fire Danger Ratings predict fire behaviour should a fire start, and how hard it will be to put out. If you see smoke, check the planned burns map before calling Triple Zero (000). If you see unattended fire call Triple Zero (000) State and Territory Emergency Services You can learn more about the emergency services in your State or Territory. Use this page to find who to contact in case of an emergency, what each of the emergency service agencies does, as well as links to each of their websites. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia em.gov.au/sites/schools/Learn/Aboutbushfires/Inmybackyard/Pages/StateandTerritoryEmergencyServices.aspx Bushfires - Get the Facts Every summer Australia is in danger of bushfires that devastate lives, eucalypt forests and rage into the suburban fringes of major cities. em.gov.au/sites/schools/Getthefacts/Bushfires/Pages/default.aspx
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