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A resource provides information on measures that can improve the resilience of households during a disaster or adverse weather event.
Retrofit Handbook for Bushfire Resilience Rating
This guide supports the free Bushfire Resilience Home Self-Assessment app. It helps homeowners improve the resilience of their homes to bushfires.
The guide provides information on:
- the rating and scoring system
- recommendations to improve the resilience of your house
- recommendations for landscaping
- developing a bushfire survival plan
- home preparation checklist
- high fire danger days
- sheltering during a bushfire
- what to do after a bushfire
- strike and separation zones
- landscaping for different types of properties.
The guide also provides retrofit recommendations for different parts and aspects of your home. Such as:
- roofs
- glass
- doors
- underfloor spaces, services
- outdoor living, garage
- storage, garden
- other buildings
- water supply
- general retrofitting.
Description
Owner
Resilient Building Council (RBC)
Audience
Homeowner, Industry
Insurance Mentioned
Could my insurer consider this action beneficial?
Yes
Potential Savings in Risk Premium
Could this action have a tangible impact on my risk premium?
Unknown
Evidence of Effectiveness
Modeling indicates it should reduce damage
Complexity
Pictorial - photos, diagrams
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