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Being prepared for Bushfire conditions !

Combining practical knowledge with the right bush fire protection products can save lives and homes!

The tradgic and horrific bushfires in Victoria / Australia in 2009 have once again proven that it is essential that all
people have access to a one-stop bush fire / wild fire defence information resource that will assist us all in addressing
the measures needed to be undertaken and maintained to protect your home and family from bushfire / wild fire attack.  

 Whilst Rural Fire Services and local Councils do a magnificent job in providing valuable information on what
you "should do and know"  they are, understandably, unable to actually provide information on the specific
companies products that actually enable you to turn this great advise into "protective" practical action and
measures, this is where Bushfireinfo has its primary role.

There are some remarkably innovative and cleaver products developed specifically for Bushfire premise and
life protection. Bushfireinfo.com seeks to provide you with awareness and easy access to these products,
many of which are Australian made!

Bushfireinfo.com is about not only providing you with direct access to and information on such Bushfire protection advice
and products, but as importantly providing the businesses that have significantly invested in the development of their
products with a way of affordably reaching their prospective customers.

Looking for immediate access to:

 Home / building bushfire protection products - Click here

Personal Bushfire protection and evacuation products - Click here

An invitation to businesses with bushfire protection products.

Because most of the businesses that develop and supply bushfire premise and life protection products are small to medium
size business, such businesses simply do not have the budget and resources to undertake major national marketing campaigns,
due to this, not only, do most  folk fail to become aware of the existance of such products but such business ultimately fail to prosper.

Businesses that have, market ready australian standards compliant, bushfire premise or life protection products are
invited to contact the bushfireinfo.com team by E-Mail with a brief profile of their product/s. We will then make
contact and explore how bushfireinfo.com may be of assistance to their business and in so doing all Australians
that live under the treat of bushfire attack! - Go to contact us!

NEW AUSTRALIAN MADE BUSHFIRE PROTECTION PRODUCTS & SERVICES! 

Click on the below listings to link with product information

NEW AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE SURVIVAL PLANNING SERVICE

New, Australian Made - Bushfire Gutter Protection products

New Roof Ventilation Product - certified up to Flame Zone  

Bushfire Bunkers, all new Australian product soon to be released! 

Australian Made - Bushfire personal protection products

NEW Bushfire Home design and construction for Bushfire areas (AS 3959-2009)

NEWS FLASH - CURRENT HOT TOPICS!

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Important WARNING re the revised AS 3959 - 2009 Bushfire Construction code

Evacuation Roads, lets get serious!  

A remarkably concerning SMOKE ALARM issue in your home! 

Important WARNING re the revised AS 3959 - 2009 Bushfire Construction code

If you are looking to purchase land, or buy an existing premises that you would move to renovate that is located
in an area that has the potential to be rated a bushfire risk location, for heavens sake, before you sign contracts,
invest the time to go to the local Council and establish if the property is located within a designated bushfire risk zone.
Also ensure that you become aware of what level risk level this actually is. The level of risk rating has a direct bearing
on the actual cost of build, this may be up to 30-40% more than a conventional build cost. Do NOT assume that a
home that is located within a suburban area is not applicable, many are!

Please, I emplore you do not in any manner assume that your builder, architect or building specifier are up to speed
with the complexities of this new standard or as importantly the variations of this standard that are made by the
different States, check every thing totally for your self before you commit to a construction or renovation project.
We are aware of many folk get up to the point of council sign off on a DA only to discover that costly mistakes have
been made within the construction process that do not comply with this standard.

Bushfire evacuation roads for communities - Getting Real about evacuation!

I recently visited the King Lake township in Victoria Australia. Beyond feeling absoutely gutted by the losses suffered by this
community during Black Saturday, there is one issue that was really highlighted for me that to be honest I had never concidered before.

This issue is that of creating and maintaing a "servivable gap / distance" between the road way and high level fuel / radiant
heat sources - Namely, trees and dence undergrowth.  If its good enough for the Building Code of Austrailia to dictate that a
30 Mtr defencable space be created and maintained bewteen a domestic dwelling and a radiant heat souce (the bush)
then surely the same defencive measures should be adopted on all "key bushfire evacuation routes"

All mains roads departments, councils and other relevant authorities really need to look long and hard at this real life threatening,
and in this case "Life Taking" issue. Telling folk to evacuate is fine, now lets give them safe passage to do so!

If you have an opinion on this issue - please E-mail me through the contact us section of the web site!

Grant Dybing - National Co Ordinator - Bushfireinfo.com

The life of your family and or fellow residents is most likely at serious risk in your own home - RIGHT NOW!

CLICK ON THE ? BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON SMOKE ALARMS, IT WILL SHOCK YOU!

 The Victorian Bushfire Disaster
 

We, the team at Busfireinfo.com wish to express our deepest sympathy to those who have suffered the loss of loved ones,
friends, property and thier businesses during the horrific bushfire events in Victoria - Australia.

Grant Dybing - National Co Ordinator Bushfireinfo.com. 

The Alliance for Fire and Smoke Containment (known to many as just “The Alliance” or “pfpa” for short
due to the web address) was formed in early 2002 in response to the need for a well-coordinated, educational
effort to promote the value of a balanced fire protection design in the built environment. Membership today
encompasses a wide range of interested parties including manufacturers and suppliers, installers and
maintenance / service providers of fire and smoke containment products, as well as other industry trade
associations, fire test laboratories and insurance companies.

The shared goals of “The Alliance” members are to:

·               Promote passive fire protection as part of a total fire safety design approach

·              Promote property protection and public welfare as well as life safety

·               Promote fire fighter safety and facilitate fire fighting activities

·               Disseminate technical information to the Fire Safety Community

·               Promote competency based training, accreditation and licensing

Lending a hand!

Good Afternoon,

I am absolutely heart-broken by the recent events of fires taken place in VIC. I  would like to offer my services of
Interior Architecture (Drafting) for free. I have been in the industry for 7 years and have a degree in interior design
(graduate 2002), and would love to help those who need drafting on their homes. I am willing to help!

Rita Dsouza.

Thanks Heaps Rita, I am sure there are folk out there that will really welcome this help!

E-Mail Rita on;  dsouza.rita@gmail.com

A kind word from Cathy in Victoria:

E-Mail to the bushfireinfo.com team - 23/02/09

From searching the entire internet for fire and fire protection information your site is by far the best.
We live in McMahons Creek Victoria and are currently under threat of fires and ember attack.
We have elected to stay and protect our home and I cannot Thank You enough for your informative information.
In time we would like to build a fire bunker and equip our home with the necessary fire protection that is needed.

Once again a Very Big Thank You.  Kind Regards Cathy Roberts Po Box 224 Warburton Vic 

Thanks Cathy, really appreciated, all the best to you and all Victorians as they move to rebuild their lives!

Link to current fire bans info below............

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Building your home in a Bushfire risk area

If you are planning to, or have commenced building your home in a Bushfire risk location, there is valuable information
available here on products that enable compliance with the AS 3959 Bushfire construction code!  MORE INFO -
Click on New buildings (AS3959) in the left colum.