ASK YOUR SELF THIS QUESTION?
Do you live in a high risk bushfire prone area of victoria

Well if you do, every year you face the high possibility of a bushfire in your area and the high possibility that your home could be damaged or even destroyed by a Bushfire and you need to be prepared and so does your home and property.

The Bushfire Foundation wants to help you to be better prepared and recover quicker by setting up and providing a team of dedicated volunteers that can support you to prepare and respond to assist in recovery with the following services.

BUSHFIRE PREPAREDNESS SERVICE

Designed to offer assistance to home owners to improve their home, surrounding buildings and any other assets by Conducting bushfire preparedness activities that will assist with fire proofing and preparedness of homes from bushfire by completing the below tasks:

1. Clearing of gutters
2. Raking up/removal of leaves
3. Moving logs and dead trees away from property area
4. Clearing around gates and property access points
5. Making access points big enough for Fire Appliances to enter
6. Check and inspect Firefighting pumps to ensure they are working properly and correctly
7. Check water tanks and water supplies on properties for access
8. Reducing or eliminating the risks and hazards associated with Bushfires and living in high risk, rural urban interface bushfire prone areas.
9. Undertaking and completing major and minor community projects and programs in Victoria that will strengthen and improve the resilience and effects of a bushfire in the community
10. Removing dead trees or vegetation from an area of bush or forest close to a residential area

BUSHFIRE RECOVERY SERVICE

Designed to offer a free community service to assist with bushfire recovery tasks on properties damaged by bushfires, this serivce is undertaken by volunteers and helps property onwers with the Following Tasks:

1. Property and Site Clearing and Cleaning
2. Assistance with Salvage and looking for Personal Items
3. General Property Maintenance and Repairs
4. Demolition or Removal of Damaged or Unsafe Buildings
5. Helping to restore access to properties (removing trees or debre from roads or tracks)
6. Assist with restoring Firefighting services to property
7. Other tasks required to assist with bushfire recovery

But in order to deliver these service we need your help to purchase tools the equipment required to provide these vital bushfire preparedness and recovery services in our community, so every dollar is important to us as it could save your home from being damaged in a bushfire or help you to recover if you loose your home.

Please "DIG DEEP" and "DONATE TODAY" to THE BUSHFIIRE FOUNDATION INC to help us to help you prepare and recover your homes and properties.

If you wish to know more about these programs or wish to be involved as a volunteer please contact us at info@thebushfirefoundation.org to express your interest.

Alternatively visit our website at www.thebushfirefoundation.org

Thank you for generous and potential ongoing support to these vital programs

Kind Regards

The Bushfire Foundation Inc Team