Community preparedness

The shire is serviced by dedicated well trained emergency service volunteers, Bush Fire Brigades, volunteer Fire and Rescue Service and State Emergency Services.  These groups are supported by the Shire and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES).  The volunteer St John Ambulance Service as well as numerous other community groups also service our shire.  They all do an incredible job of keeping us safe, but they can't do it alone.  We must all embrace our individual responsibility to be prepared – in doing so, we contribute to the safety and security of our community.

Becoming more prepared in case of an emergency is easier than you might think. Whether it’s your home, your neighborhood, your place of business, or your school, you can take a few simple steps to prepare your community.

Household Emergency Plans

A hardcopy of the following resources are available from the Augusta and Margaret River Shire receptions, Recreation Centre, library and key locations across the shire.

• Department of Fire and Emergency Services - Prepare, Act, Survive Resources
• Red Cross - Prepare, Respond, Recover resources

Neighbourhood Telephone Trees

Telephone trees provide a localised method for neighbours to give each other early warning of an emergency.

• How to set up a telephone tree
• Telephone tree example

Neighbourhood BLOCK Party Funding - Funding is now complete for 2016.

Host a neighbourhood BLOCK party and get to know your neighbours! For a limited time the Shire will contribute $100 towards local block parties. 

• Neighbourhood BLOCK party information package
• Neighbourhood BLOCK party flyer 

Bushfire Ready Tips

• Bushfire Risks and Dangers 
• Fire Safety in your home during winter 
• Bushfire Warnings and Emergency Alerts
• Travelling during bushfire season
• Bushfire safety and pets
• Get to know your neighbours 
• Water supply and pumps
• Design your garden to withstand bushfire
• Personal protection
• Prescribed burning
• Emergency kits
• Calendar for Preparing your property 
• Bushfire Survival Plans 
• Fire Danger Ratings 
• Leaving for a safer place: checklist / survival plan 
• Smoke Alarms 

Hazard Reduction Burn Timetable 2016-17

Weather permitting and for a range of other reasons hazard reduction activities are subject to change. Hazard Reduction Burns are planned by the land managers and are indicative plans only.