Planning for bush fire protection : a guide for land use planners, fire authorities, developers and home owners.
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TextPublication details: Rosehill, N.S.W. : Dept. of Bush Fire Services, 1991Description: ix, 117 p. : illSubject: Each year bush fires in Australia threaten thousands of homes. Most will survive due to a number of factors - luck, good design and siting, adequate standards of construction and sheer hard work from volunteer fire fighters and their colleagues in the permanent services, who put in much time and effort at some personal risk. Of those houses that are lost, many may have been saved if attention had been paid to the design and siting of the property and to a lesser though important extent, the standard of construction. Both planning and bush fire legislation seek to ensure that full consideration of the potential impact of bush fires is taken into account when planning developments and that the clearing and maintenance of properties is regularly carried out. This booklet details the range of considerations that need to be made, providing a comprehensive manual on planning for bush fire protection. Attending to the matters identified will further reduce the loss of houses in bush fires, reducing the financial and emotional impact on the community and making the task of controlling bush fires easier and safer than it may otherwise have been
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Each year bush fires in Australia threaten thousands of homes. Most will survive due to a number of factors - luck, good design and siting, adequate standards of construction and sheer hard work from volunteer fire fighters and their colleagues in the permanent services, who put in much time and effort at some personal risk. Of those houses that are lost, many may have been saved if attention had been paid to the design and siting of the property and to a lesser though important extent, the standard of construction. Both planning and bush fire legislation seek to ensure that full consideration of the potential impact of bush fires is taken into account when planning developments and that the clearing and maintenance of properties is regularly carried out. This booklet details the range of considerations that need to be made, providing a comprehensive manual on planning for bush fire protection. Attending to the matters identified will further reduce the loss of houses in bush fires, reducing the financial and emotional impact on the community and making the task of controlling bush fires easier and safer than it may otherwise have been
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