Food for serious thought.
"Australia is not well-prepared for scenarios such as this. But rather than be fatalistic and assume urban areas are open game for wildfires, effort is needed from all levels of government and community to reduce the risk of fires impacting suburban and semi-suburban areas.
"That means better boundaries between houses and keeping fuel loads low. It also means households, councils and fire authorities having a plan for when fires hit. This may mean implementing planning rules to enforce safer gardens or the clearing of bushland behind homes. But such measures will be controversial in many cases."
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"Australia is not well-prepared for scenarios such as this. But rather than be fatalistic and assume urban areas are open game for wildfires, effort is needed from all levels of government and community to reduce the risk of fires impacting suburban and semi-suburban areas.
"That means better boundaries between houses and keeping fuel loads low. It also means households, councils and fire authorities having a plan for when fires hit. This may mean implementing planning rules to enforce safer gardens or the clearing of bushland behind homes. But such measures will be controversial in many cases."
#Fire #LAfires https://www.smh.com.au/national/could-what-happened-in-la-occur-here-short-answer-yes-20250110-p5l3co.html
Could what happened in LA occur here? Short answer: Yes
Australia has all the ingredients for bushfires to burn into suburban neighbourhoods.David Bowman (The Sydney Morning Herald)
