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Author Webster, Joan

Title Essential bushfire safety tips / Joan Webster
Edition 2nd ed
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 110 pages)
Contents Cover; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; Introduction; 1 Understanding bushfire; 2 The killer factors; 3 The survival factors; 4 How bushfire destroys houses; 5 The home as a haven; 6 A protective home site; 7 A protective property layout; 8 A protective garden; 9 A protective house design; 10 Protective furnishings; 11 A refuge room; 12 Protective equipment; 13 Water for protection; 14 Planning ahead; 15 Protective chores; 16 Safe burn-offs; 17 Protecting domestic animals; 18 Protective travelling; 19 Evacuate or stay?; 20 What to do when bushfire threatens
Summary Bushfire authorities urge people to be ready for summer with a safety plan. Essential Bushfire Safety Tips has everything you need to know to make your bushfire plan with confidence, providing accurate information in an accessible, clear way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110)
Notes Print version record
Subject Wildfires -- Safety measures
Wildfires -- Australia -- Safety measures
Architecture, Domestic -- Fires and fire prevention -- Australia
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fire Science.
Australia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780643098428
0643098429
Other Titles Essential bush fire safety tips