KEY CONTACTS & INFORMATION PHONE
APP
MEDIA
In an emergency call Triple Zero (000)
‘Fires Near Me’ – free phone app
Local radio, local ABC/emergency broadcaster frequency, TV, newspapers
By TTY: 106 (hearing / speech impaired)
‘Emergency +’ free phone app
By SMS relay – text 0423 677 767
fire.tas.gov.au
By ordinary phone – dial 1800 555 727 and ask for Triple Zero (000)
facebook.com/TasmaniaFireService
National Relay Service: nrschat.nrscall.gov.au
twitter.com/tasfireservice
By captioned relay: nrschat.nrscall.gov.au Interpreter: 131 450 (immediate phone interpreting 24 hours) For other fire information, call the Tasmania Fire Service Information Line 1800 000 699
IMPORTANT! During a bushfire, you could lose power and telecommunications. Do not rely on just one source of information.
PREPARE YOUR HOUSE & PROPERTY CHECKLIST 1. Mowing lawns – grass should be kept short (no more than 10cm high). Fire can ignite and travel quickly through long grass. If there are a lot of grass clippings, collect or rake them up and keep them away from any building or structure. With a strong wind, fire can travel across the top of your lawn by burning dry clippings. 2. Rake up leaves and small twigs. 3. Remove the lower branches of trees. 4. Prune shrubs and keep them away from windows: • Prune lower branches of shrubs to separate them from surface fuels underneath. • Prune shrubs well away from the branches of mature trees. 5.
Don’t put flammable mulch on gardens.
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Remove large shrubs from next to or under windows, away from wooden walls or under timber eaves or fascias.
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Don’t put flammable mulch on gardens.
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Move wood piles away from the house. Stray fire embers can easily ignite woodpiles.
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Move doormats and furniture away from the house, decks and verandahs.
10. Keep gutters clean and your roof free of leaf litter. 11. Make sure there are no bird nests in gutters or eaves. 12. M ove flammable liquids away from the house or any important flammable structure. Where possible, store in flame-proof containers.
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PREPARING FOR BUSHFIRE: ACTION PLAN FOR HOBART
