Be Bushfire Ready

A Bushfire Ready Group is a local community action group aimed at encouraging local residents to work together to prepare and protect their families and properties against bushfires as best they can. Bushfire Ready Groups provide an opportunity for neighbours and friends to network, share ideas and information and to develop and implement strategies which can reduce their bushfire risk.

In a bushfire, a fire truck may not be available to protect every home. This means residents and homeowners need to be responsible for their own safety.

Bushfire Ready is a community-driven program supported by the Department of Fire andContinue reading

A Bushfire Ready Group is a local community action group aimed at encouraging local residents to work together to prepare and protect their families and properties against bushfires as best they can. Bushfire Ready Groups provide an opportunity for neighbours and friends to network, share ideas and information and to develop and implement strategies which can reduce their bushfire risk.

In a bushfire, a fire truck may not be available to protect every home. This means residents and homeowners need to be responsible for their own safety.

Bushfire Ready is a community-driven program supported by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) and the Shire of Denmark to increase the resilience to bushfire risk in our community.

Bushfire Ready Groups started in Denmark in 2018 and are already operating in a number of areas.

Why join a local Bushfire Ready Group?

Learn how to prepare and protect your family and property from bushfire
Develop a Bushfire Plan
Learn about bushfire behaviour
Reduce fire risks around homes, streets and surrounding bushland
Meet your neighbours and develop support networks
Know what to expect from Emergency Services during a bushfire

Who is my local Bushfire Ready facilitator?

Town - Noni Entwhistle
East Denmark - Karen Burford
Mount Lindesay - Murray Brooker, Romy Surtees
Howe Road - Em Harper
Shadforth - Nigel Marsh and John Maxwell
Mohr Drive - Sally Ingham and Vicki Squires
Ocean Beach - Karen Cussons
Somerset Hill - John Maxwell
Kordabup Owingup - John Maxwell
Nornalup - Gail Guthrie
William Bay - Nadja Hasenauer

Where to begin a Bushfire Emergency Plan

Contact a Bushfire Ready facilitator near you for more information. They have resources they can give you to help write a Bushfire Emergency Plan
Download the 'My Bushfire Plan' app to your smart phone
Use DFES resources to help you prepare your plan
Sit down with pen and paper and write a clear Bushfire Emergency Plan

Essential information in case of bushfire

Call 000 if you see smoke or flames
Call 000 if you are worried about someone's safety
Emergency broadcasts are aired to ABC radio at regular intervals. Tune in online or set your radio to 630AM
Monitor conditions. Useful websites include
- Emergency WA
- Bushfire IO
- Facebook pages for Shire of Denmark and DFES

Bushfire Ready Group Stories

Here are some of our local Bushfire Ready Group stories.

Are you part of a Bushfire Ready group in Denmark? Then you can also tell us your story here. You can include some photos too!

Thank you for sharing your story with us.

We appreciate your contribution to making Denmark safer.

regards,

Shire of Denmark

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over 3 years ago

I have been asked to pass on my thoughts regarding bushfire preparedness and being part of the Bushfire Ready Community.
Back in 2015 we were living in Victoria and made the trek to Denmark for our eldest grandson’s first Christmas. My father and stepmother were living on the border of the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley in SA. Dad was a stubborn old man with memory loss issues and Lyn having just been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and was in a secure unit at the Gumeracha Hospital in the Adelaide Hills. A fire started in a previously unknown area... Continue reading