EVACUATION INFO AND NOTICE
Evacuation
Plan for your personal protection before a fire. Decide who the boss is and who goes, who stays. Plan for the safety of all family members: special plans should be made for young children, elderly persons, disabled persons and those unable to handle the trauma of bush fire. If you plan to evacuate (re-locate)
If you intend to evacuate (re-locate) any members of the family, plan well ahead of time where to stay, how to make the decision to leave, and how to travel (remember, leave well before the fire front arrives).
If you intend to stay
For those who remain, ensure each person has suitable clothing, including sturdy leather footwear, long pants and a long sleeved shirt or jumper (pure wool or cotton offers the best protection from sparks and embers), a broad brimmed hat, goggles for eye protection, handkerchiefs to tie over nose and mouth, wet towels to drape over neck, and bottles for drinking water.
What to do when fire approaches
- Listen to the radio for news of the fire's progress, rather than calling emergency services for information.
- For more information contact your local Fire Control Centre, your local Fire Brigade, or phone the NSW RFS Information Line on 1 800 654 443.
- Dress in protective clothing, drink water frequently.
- Wet-down roof, house and garden, especially on the side of the approaching fire. Turn on sprinkler system, if you have one.
- Stop downpipes and fill gutters with water.
- Fill baths, sinks and buckets with water for extinguishing small fires and for drinking water.
- Bring in hoses so they don't get burnt.
- As the fire approaches, go inside and remain inside until the fire has passed.
- Place wet towels and blankets against gaps under doors and windows.
- Close heavy curtains, and shutters, if you have them.
- After the fire has passed and for several hours after the fire front has passed, patrol your property and put out spot fires started by flying embers.
- Check roof cavity frequently for spot fires.
Evacuation Notice
This is for DOGS NSW Members only - Please fill the below in, if you have vacated your house due to a evacuation request from the NSW Fire Brigade or for the safety of you, your family and pets.
This information is strictly confidential and is kept for the purposes of knowing that our members are safe and where we may get in contact with them.
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