Essential bushfire safety tips / Joan Webster.
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TextPublication details: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 110 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780643095359 (pbk.) :Other title: Bushfire safety tips | Bush fire safety tipsSubject(s): Forest fires -- Safety measures | Forest fires -- Australia -- Prevention and control | Wildfires -- Australia -- Prevention and control | Prescribed burning -- Australia | Fire ecology -- AustraliaDDC classification: 363.379 Summary: Bushfire authorities urge people to be ready for summer with a safety plan. Essential Bushfire Safety Tips has everything you need to know to make your bushfire plan with confidence, providing accurate information in an accessible, clear way. In this condensed version of Joan Websters acclaimed The Complete Bushfire Safety Book, over 2000 authenticated tips are listed, covering every known bushfire danger and safety factor. This handy book demystifies bushfire behaviour; details the protective action needed at each stage of danger; lists killer and survival factors; discusses evacuation dangers and advantages, how to make a safe stay or go decision and sets out safe travel for holidaymakers. It explains how bushfire attacks houses, describes weather factors and safe burning-off procedures and lists home bushfire equipment.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 363.379 WEB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111035895539 |
Previous ed.: Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2001.
Bibliography : 109-110.
Joan Webster 2008.
Bushfire authorities urge people to be ready for summer with a safety plan. Essential Bushfire Safety Tips has everything you need to know to make your bushfire plan with confidence, providing accurate information in an accessible, clear way. In this condensed version of Joan Websters acclaimed The Complete Bushfire Safety Book, over 2000 authenticated tips are listed, covering every known bushfire danger and safety factor. This handy book demystifies bushfire behaviour; details the protective action needed at each stage of danger; lists killer and survival factors; discusses evacuation dangers and advantages, how to make a safe stay or go decision and sets out safe travel for holidaymakers. It explains how bushfire attacks houses, describes weather factors and safe burning-off procedures and lists home bushfire equipment.
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