Overview
The complete, comprehensive, unequalled guide to bushfire and wildfire safety in Australia. The complete, comprehensive, unequalled guide to bushfire and wildfire safety in Australia. Thoroughly researched, with up to date information on every aspect of the subject. ""I commend this book to every Australian... It could save your life"" - N.P. Cheney, CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Management Group Background to bushfires or wildfires, bushfire cycles, bushfire and wildfire behaviour, how to prepare for bushfire season, the decision - evacuate or stay and what to do when bushfire threatens are all covered (in the U.S. bushfires are more commonly known as wildfires). This is the book you need for bushfire and wildfire safety and prevention.
Full Product Details
Author: Joan Webster
Publisher: Random House Australia
Imprint: Random House Australia
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.466kg
ISBN: 9781740510349
ISBN 10: 1740510348
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 November 2000
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
I commend this book to every Australian... It could save your life. --N.P. Cheney, CSIRO Bushfire Behaviour and Management Group
Author Information
Joan Webster OAM has probably done more than any other private individual to help people and their homes to be safer during a bushfire. The Complete Bushfire Safety Book caused a revolution in bushfire safety for the public when it was first published in 1986 and is acclaimed by fire authorities as the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject. Many concepts now familiar in official bushfire brochures were devised by Joan Webster OAM and first published in The Complete Bushfire Safety Book. They include- the a bushfire safety plan, the, actions lists of what to do at various stages of bushfire threat, the personal Survival Kit, protective window shutters, special needs of children and the frail, care of pets, holiday safety and safety for precious possessions. Her ground-breaking analysis of the stay-go dilemma in 1986 helped shape official policy. Her book is used as a resource by fire and emergency authorities and government departments throughout Australia and to train their officers. Readers praise its readability. 'I didn't want to put it down' ... 'I read it like a novel'. In 1990 she received the Australian Fire Protection Association's Community Service Award, and in 2010 was awarded The Order of Australia Medal ""For service to the community in raising awareness of bushfire safety"". She is an award winning journalist and poet, who has written extensively on bushfire safety for the public since 1965.
