Summary

Pamphlet titled 'Living With Fire, Victoria's Bushfire Strategy' published by the Department of Sustainability & Environment in 2008. It was still available after February 2009. It reflects community safety education and emergency response prior to Black Saturday, and outlines personal and community safety and survival during the bushfire period. An overview of the Victorian government's bushfire strategy is provided with key elements of the content including managing the land with fire; building community capacity; enhanced response and recovery; workforce / volunteer capability; planning for protection and risk and adaptive management.

Physical Description

A4 book, colour, cover image of a burning forest with images of fire staff, aerial water bombing, bush regrowth, CFA field day, CFA volunteers fighting a fire, back cover has an image of a hazard reduction burn .

Significance

The bushfires of February 2009 have changed forever the way in which we think of fire risk. This collection of public education material still available after Black Saturday shows how difficult it is for authorities to keep pace with creating appropriate, current and relevant publications. The inclusion of both flood and fire information for the same region also illustrates the challenges faced by local government and other authorities when dealing with increasing extremes of climate.

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