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Workshops Di De LAINE Targeting Women for Bushfire Safety - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Workshops Di De LAINE Targeting Women for Bushfire Safety - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Targeting Women for Bushfire Safety Workshops Di De LAINE Targeting Women for Bushfire Safety Workshops Di De LAINE Wangary fire images Acknowledgements Photos: Ivon Perrin Theo & Mark Modra District Council of Lower Eyre
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Targeting Women for Bushfire Safety Workshops
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Wangary fire images
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Acknowledgements
Photos:
- Ivon Perrin
- Theo & Mark Modra
- District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Pt Lincoln Times
Narratives:
- ABC Local Radio staff, Latisha Proude &
Philip Ashley-Brown
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Given a Catastrophic FDR, I would.....
7% 11% 43% 28% 10% 2% 24% 11% 19% 59% 5% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Leave the night before or early the next day to a safer location regardless of whether there was a fire or not Leave the night before or early the next day to a lower risk location if there was a bushfire at least 50kms away Stay at home but keep a close eye
- ut for signs of a fire
Commenced bushfire safety preparation even though there was not an active fire Wait and see if a fire develops None of these Pre-Firey Women Post-Firey Women
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To what extent do you agree or disagree that the course has enabled you to become extremely well prepared for a bushfire in your area?
88% 10% 1% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly agree Slightly agree Slightly disagree Strongly disagree Post-Firey Women
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Actions completed prior to the course, and actions planned or done since undertaking the course.
64% 55% 21% 52% 16% 48% 45% 18% 48% 12% 7% 11% 16% 17% 20% 29% 38% 24% 57% 25% 29% 31% 37% 69% 69% 66% 66% 62%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Cleaned gutters Removed fire hazard materials/vegetation from around the house Landscaped the garden with fire retardant plants Purchased fire fighting equipment Spark and ember proofed the house Installed independent water dedicated to bushfire protection Installed fire fighting pump and hose Installed a bushfire sprinkler system Discussed a decision to stay and defend or leave early Prepared a written Bushfire Action Plan (written checklist) Practiced / rehearsed your Bushfire Survival Plan Prepared a property protection plan with a calendar of actions Prepared a "home survival kit" incl. personal protective clothing Prepared an "evacuation box" incl. personal belongings Pre- Firey Women Post- Firey Women
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‘I recommend that…conduct tuition courses to be made available to the general public to enable members
- f the public to acquire the
necessary knowledge and skills to implement their preparation and planning for bushfires.’ Deputy State Coroner, 2008 re Wangary Fire 2005.
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‘The State revise the approach to community bushfire safety education in
- rder to…..
■ ensure that in content and delivery the
program is flexible enough to engage individuals, households and communities and to accommodate their needs and circumstances’ RECOMMENDATION 2 - 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission
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‘The education of adults and children about fire prevention and protection must be taken seriously.’ Judge Stretton, Royal Commissioner, re Black Friday 1939.
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