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A resource provides information on measures that can improve the resilience of households during a disaster or adverse weather event.

Big Weather – How to prepare your home for bushfire season
  • Bushfire
  • Resource
Big weather is an educational video for schools prepared by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).

It discusses some of the strategies homeowners can undertake to improve the resilience of their houses to bushfires. For example:

  • clean out gutters
  • ensure adequate access for fire trucks
  • plant smooth-barked trees
  • keep mulch moist 
  • cover wood piles
  • disconnect or turn off gas cylinders
  • clear vegetation from under houses
  • clear areas downhill from your house
  • install irrigation.

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Description

Owner
ABC TV and iView
Audience
Homeowner
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Complexity
Brief, and easy to understand
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