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OFFICE USE ONLY: Issue 1 Version 1.0 OFFICE USE ONLY: Issue 1 Version 1.0
WEYMOUTH AREA ( Including Lulworth and Tam O ’Shanter)
December 2011
This plan sets out the things you should do to survive a
bushfire.
Use it to update your personal Bushfire Survival Plan and
be bushfire-ready this summer.
P R E P A R E . A C T . S U R V I V E .
Most of Tasmania is bushfire-prone,
so every summer you need to be bushfire-ready.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
TFS may not be able to protect you during some bushfires.
Know what to do and where to go if threatened by bushfire.
You may be on your own – power and phone services may be cut!
PREPARE - before the fire
1. Prepare your home for bushfire - use the TFS Bushfire: Prepare to Survive booklet. Even if you plan to leave if a bushfire threatens, preparing your home gives you another shelter option, and firefighters a better chance to save it.
2. Decide what you will do and write down your plan. Will you leave, or will you stay and defend your home? Decide now, and fill out your Bushfire Survival Plan.
3. If you can, talk with your neighbours about their plans so you are better prepared.
4. Review your insurance policy. Are your home & contents covered for bushfire?
ACT – when fires are likely, or burning nearby
1. Keep informed. Check the weather forecast and the fire danger rating daily. Listen to ABC Local Radio, monitor the TFS website and watch for smoke and fires. If bushfires are in your area, don’t wait for an official warning.
2. Put your bushfire survival plan into action:
The safest option for all bushfires is to leave early, before a bushfire threatens you and your home.
- Consider leaving bushfire-prone areas immediately if ‘severe’, ‘extreme’ or ‘catastrophic’ fire danger conditions are forecast for the following day.
- But leaving the day before because of a bad fire danger forecast isn’t always practical. So if waiting until a bushfire breaks out in your district, leave well before roads are cut by fire, fallen trees or power-lines.
- Be prepared to stay away for several days. Head away from any fires; towards a town centre is often best.
A safe option for some bushfires: For less intense bushfires, you may stay and defend your home if:
- you have prepared it for bushfires, with fire-fighting equipment and plenty of water; and
- you are fit and emotionally prepared (it is best to evacuate children and other dependents early to a safe place).
An unsafe option is to ‘wait and see’, then flee at the last minute.
- If you don’t have a plan, leave immediately. But if a bushfire catches you by surprise and it’s unsafe to stay at home but too late to leave the area, go to a nearby safer place and wait for the fire front to pass though.
SURVIVE – after the fire
1. Make sure everyone’s safe, check on your neighbours if you can.
2. Tune in to the Information Sources (listed on the map overleaf).
3. If at home, put out any embers and spot-fires threatening your home.
NEARBY SAFER PLACES
A nearby safer place is somewhere close by you should be able to reach quickly and safely, and that gives shelter from radiant heat.
However, using nearby safer places is not without risk. Therefore they are a last resort, not your only option.
Nearby safer places may include town centres, ground level water e.g. rivers, in-ground pools, dams; large open areas e.g. beaches, ploughed or green fields, golf courses, recreation grounds and community parks with very short grass; and approved bushfire bunkers.
Tasmania Fire Service has identified some in this area (see below).
You should include others, close to where you live, in your personal Bushfire Survival Plan.
If you cannot identify and reach nearby safer places during a bushfire, your personal Bushfire Survival Plan should be based on leaving early.
Never travel through fire to reach a nearby safer place.
TFS Options:
1. Pipers River, Major St (Grid H3)
2. Tam O’Shanter Bay beach, track
access from Henry St and Bennett St
(Grid B3)
3. Tam O’Shanter Golf Club, Fairway
Ave (Grid G4).
Inc lude nearby safe r p laces in your
Bushf i re Surv iva l Plan .
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UTMZONE55
Disclaimer: The following map product has been produced byEmergency Services GIS (ES-GIS) on behalf of the TasmaniaFire Service.While all efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy ofthis product, there maybe errors or omissions in the datapresented. Users are advised to independently verify all datafor accuracy and completeness prior to use. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: 1 (2011)
Information Sources
Radio:
Tas. Fire Service
For Emergency
Bureau ofMeterology
Web Sites
000
www.bom.gov.au (for weather info.)
ABC 91.7 FM
Tas. Policewww.fire.tas.gov.au (for fire info.)www.police.tas.gov.au (for road block info.)
Nearby SaferPlace !(NP
Map Legend
2011 - 2012 Fire Season
Buildings
Unsealed Road | Vehicular Track
Bridge
Major | Sealed Road
,
,
p + Airport (Landing Field) | Boat Ramp
Tracks (Walking / Bike)
20m ContourLocality / Suburb BoundaryZEEHAN
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Fire StationPolice Station Medical Centre
//
Fire History (Direction and Year)
l Fire'92, '97, '02
Tam O'Shanter Road (Bridport Road)Weymouth Road (Bridport Road)
Through RoadsRoads:
Main Access Roads
Tamar FM 95.3 FM
Ambulance
SES UnitSchool
Hospital
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UTMZONE55
While all efforts have been taken to ensurethe accuracy of this product, there maybeerrors or omissions in the data presented.Users are advised to independently verify alldata for accuracy and completeness prior to use.FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: 1 (2011)
Disclaimer: The following mapproduct has been produced by EmergencyServices GIS (ES-GIS) on behalf of theTasmania Fire Service.
Information Sources
Radio:For Emergency 000
ABC 91.7 FM
Map Legend
Nearby SaferPlace !(NP Weymouth Road (Bridport Road)
Tamar FM 95.3 FM
Weymouth2011 - 2012 Fire Season
BuildingsUnsealed Road | Vehicular Track
Bridge
Major | Sealed Road
,
,p + Airport (Landing Field) | Boat Ramp
Tracks (Walking / Bike) 20m ContourLocality / Suburb BoundaryZEEHAN
7469
"C"AC
"S "H
!A"F
G!G
!S!P
//
Tas. Fire Service
Bureau ofMeterology
Web Sites
www.bom.gov.au (for weather info.)Tas. Police
www.fire.tas.gov.au (for fire info.)www.police.tas.gov.au (for road block info.)
Through RoadsRoads:
Main Access Roads
Fire History(Direction and Year)
l Fire'92, '97, '02
[H3] - Pipers River
SchoolSES UnitFire StationPolice StationAmbulance Hospital
Medical CentreCrecheNursing and Aged CareHall