CARDINIA: Workshops on how to fight bushfires


Cardinia Shire Council is hosting practical workshops to support residents with bushfire preparedness.

Workshops are aimed at properties with a bushfire risk between 1 and 10 hectares and will focus on landscape cool burning techniques.

Participants will develop a greater understanding of:

• Safety and Legal requirements when undertaking a planned burn.
• Common planned burning and firefighting equipment.
• Fuel assessment process.
• How to prepare control lines using a rakehoe.
• Identifying assets of value and potential hazards.
• The safe use and maintenance of rakehoes and drip torches.
• How to undertake mop up of the site and ensure all fuels are safe.

Workshop sessions will be held on Sunday,m April 26 at Sutherland Park, Upper Beaconsfield; and on Saturday, May 17 at Bunyip.

It is recommended that participants have completed all online modules on the Bushfire Prepare website, prior to the workshop.