PREPARE. ACT. SURVIVE. is a national slogan that was adopted in 2009 following the Victorian Bushfires. These three little words are all about keeping you and your family as safe as possible before, during and after a bushfire.
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Prepare. Act. Survive. Brochure
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Bushfire Survival Plan
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Fire Danger Ratings Brochure
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| Prepare | months and weeks before the bushfire season. |
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| Prepare | by knowing and understanding your risk. |
| Prepare | your Bushfire Survival Plan. |
| Prepare | your household by practicing your plan. |
| Prepare | you, your family, including your pets. |
| Prepare | your garden. |
| Prepare | your property. |
| Prepare | your bushfire emergency kit. |
| Prepare | your computer by listing the ACT Emergency Service website as one of your “favourites”. |
| Act | days before and the day of predicted bad fire weather. |
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| Actively | seek and act on the fire danger ratings. |
| Actively | your bushfire survival plan and put preparations into action — don’t wait and see. |
| Actively | seek updates so you know if a bushfire has started. |
| Actively | monitor the Emergency Services website, local radio and media. |
| Act | to save your life. |
| Act | to save your family, including pets. |
| Act | to prepare your property so that it can help to protect you should a bushfire start and take hold in your area. |
| Survive | during a bushfire. The safest place is away from the fire—your life and survival is the highest priority. |
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Fires may start without warning. Have a plan—make decisions and take action—know what you will do to survive.
For the best chances of survival monitor conditions, know the bushfire alert levels and keep up-to-date through this website, Twitter, Facebook, local media and the Canberra Connect Call Centre (13 22 81).
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