Business Guide Companion
Bushfire Safety Guide for Business
It is everyone’s responsibility to be aware of bushfire danger, and be prepared, especially for those living, working, or travelling in bushfire prone areas.
Use this guide to prepare your people and your business for the next bushfire season.
Stage 1: Understanding
Bushfire Basics
The top reason buildings burn down is because of embers
That vehicles do not provide safety in a bushfire, and that there are a high number of deaths due to people being caught in cars
That radiant heat is the biggest threat to life
What a Bushfire Safer Place is
What a Bushfire Last Resort Refuge is and when to use one.
Where to get the latest information about on-going bushfires
What the different Fire Danger Ratings mean, and what the recommended actions are for each
Which Fire Ban District I am in, or travel through regularly
What I can and can’t do during fire danger season and on Total Fire Ban days
What to do if I have to shelter from fire in a building
What to expect when if I experience a bushfire
What I can do to prepare my land and livestock for a bushfire
- Managing Native Vegetation
- Preparing Pets and Livestock
- Farm Fire Safety
- Bushfire Fact Video – Farms
How to prepare a property before the fire season, and when a fire happens
- Bushfire Fact Video – Vegetation
- Home and property preparation
- Creating fuel breaks fact sheet
- Preparing your home for bushfires fact sheet
- Bushfire fact video – Preparation
Why we need to be skilled in decision making under stress
Why some people need our support before, during, and after a bushfire
How to prepare and practise a bushfire survival plan for home
- Bushfire fact video – Survival plan
- Bushfire survival plan
- 5 Minute bushfire plan
- Your Guide to Bushfire Safety
Legislation, codes of practice, and guidelines
- CFS Codes of Practice
- Code of Practice – Work Environment and facilities
- Code of Practice – How to manage work health and safety risks
Stage 2: Mitigating
Insurance
Stage 3: Preparing
Business specific bushfire plan
- Business.gov.au Develop an emergency management plan (replaces Business SA Business Continuity Planning)
- Australian Council of Social Services Resilience
- SA Council of Social Services Building Emergency Preparedness
- SA Wine Industry Resources