Bushfire Publications

Bushfire Manuals, Guides and Brochures

• ‍A Guide to Preventing and Suppressing Bushfires on Organic and Acid Sulphate Soils 1318 KB
• ‍After the Fire - A Guide to Bushfire Recovery 3732 KB
• ‍Am I at Risk from Bushfire 8005 KB
• ‍Bushfire Ready Groups 554 KB
• ‍Bushfire Travellers Checklist 574 KB
• ‍Examples of Critical Assets 37 KB
• ‍Fire Chat - Bushfire Preparedness Toolkit 1636 KB
• ‍Fire Chat - Flyer 1150 KB
• ‍Firebreak Location, Construction and Maintaining Guidelines 2987 KB
• ‍Guidelines for Operating Private Equipment 2438 KB
• ‍Homeowner's Bushfire Survival Manual 5822 KB
• ‍My local fire information (Fridge Magnet) 249 KB

Building and Energy guide, Building for better protection in bushfire prone areas is also available for homeowners who wish to improve the design and construction of their home to minimise potential damage from bushfires.

The Policy and Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas are available on the Department of Planning, Land and Heritage website.

Fact Sheets​​

• Total Fire Bans 474 KB
• Renting and bushfires 786 KB
• Safer places in a bushfire 937 KB
• Sheltering in your home 815 KB
• Travelling during a bushfire 835 KB
• Bushfire risks and dangers 878 KB
• Bushfire Warning System 847 KB
• Evaporative Air Conditioners 323 KB
• Horses and bushfires 718 KB
• How do I keep informed? 816 KB
• Use Of Retardant And A-Class Foams During Bushfire Operations 285 KB
  

Bushfire Forms

• ‍Total Fire Ban Exemption Application Form 151 KB
• ‍Total Fire Ban Exemption Application Form (Information Sheet - Editable) 715 KB
• ‍Total Fire Ban Exemption Application Form (Information Sheet) 123 KB
  

Research - Visual Fuel Guides

• ‍Grass Curing Visual Guide for WA 2053 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide for the Kimberley Region 2112 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide for the Pilbara Region 7646 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide Denmark 3420 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide Esperance Plains 2674 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide Goldfields (Part 1) 2962 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide Goldfields (Part 2) 1912 KB
• ‍Visual Fuel Load Guide Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp 8833 KB
  

Research - Bushfire Protection Planning

• ‍Kimberley Burning Guidelines 2014 1311 KB
• ‍Building Protection Zone Standards 538 KB
• ‍Guidelines for Plantation Fire Protection 3054 KB

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Research - InfoNotes

• ‍What is a Building Protection Zone? (Withdrawn) 818 KB
• ‍Bushfire Ember Protection Screens for Evaporative Air Conditioning Units 1003 KB
• ‍Bulk Green Waste Storage Fires 720 KB
• ‍Mulch and Cigarette Fires 915 KB
• ‍Sheds in a Building Protection Zone (Withdrawn) 684 KB
• ‍Why we need to manage forest fuel loads in the urban interface zone 681 KB
• ‍What is the Keetch-Byram Drought Index? 675 KB
• ‍Fuel Loads in Banksia Woodlands 709 KB
• ‍The Effects of Pyrocumulonimbus on Fire Behaviour Management 1100 KB

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Reports

Please also refer to the Reports page for Major Incident reviews.

• ‍Investigation of the House Losses in the Toodyay Bushfire 29 Dec 2009 2123 KB
• ‍Investigation of the House Losses in the Roleystone/Kelmscott Bushfire 6 Feb 2011 3384 KB
• ‍Margaret River Fire 23 November 2011 - House Loss Survey Report 8165 KB
• ‍Report on Bushfire Behaviour and House Damage and Destruction during the Parkerville, Mt Helena and Stoneville Bushfire on 12th January 2014 6526 KB
• ‍Capturing Community Members' Bushfire Experiences - Interviews with Residents Following 12 January 2014 Parkerville Fire 2002 KB
• ‍Capturing Community Members' Bushfire Experiences - Interviews with Residents Following 12 January 2014 Parkerville Fire - Supplementary Report 6439 KB
• Report - The February 2011 Fires in Roleystone, Kelmscott and Red Hill (Bushfire CRC) (PDF)

Multimedia

• ​Kimberley Bushfire Season 2016 - Spread of Bushfires Animation (Landgate)
• Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS) Sample Alert Sound