Bushfire Survival

1. Position the car to minimize exposure to radiant heat, you can do this by parking away from dense trees, try to find a clear spot and parking in a barrier such as a wall or rocky outcrop if one is available, face the car towards the oncoming fire front.

2. Call 000

3. Stay in the car and tightly close the windows.

4. Park off the roadway and turn the hazard light on.

5. Turn the engine off.

6. Drink water to prevent dehydration.

7. Curl into a ball and get down to the floor cover up with woollen blankets if available

• Wear as much cotton or woollen clothing as possible; avoid wearing clothes made from synthetic fibres.

• Crouch or lie down on the floor of a room that is away from the approaching fire; the air close to the ground contains less smoke.

• Take as many of the precautions time available.

• The fire front and its radiant heat usually pass in two to four minutes. Even if the house is set alight, it is safer to stay indoors until the fire front has passed.

1. Don't panic. Find the most clearest and a open area move across slope away from the fire front , then down the slope towards the rear of the main fire front. Don not try outrun the fire, or go uphill or through low unless you can clearly see a safe area close by.

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When talking about fire resistant lot of people think it does not catch on fire, its a myth most people think actually fire resistant clothing burn but at a low speed so the wearer can take off in time if some thin fire proof it does not burn at all but there is no fire proof day to day materials you can wear. Number one choice to nearly fire proof material in day to day life cotton soaked in water.