3. Bushfire Solutions
Bushfire and your organisation
For those who own, manage or work on assets located in the Australian bush, bushfire mitigation and response strategies are not “nice to
haves”, they are essentials.
Bushfire has the potential to have significant impact extending far beyond the boundaries of the assets you manage. The costs of such
impact include damage to infrastructure, public confidence and your professional reputation and these can be extensive.
Effective planning for bushfire before it occurs puts your organisation in a strong position and will significantly contribute to your
resilience.
One size does not fit all
LRM Fire & Rescue know that what works for one area won’t necessarily work for another. That’s why we won’t overlay a generic plan on
your site. We will investigate your site, talk to you and then tailor an effective, workable bushfire solution.
LRM Fire & Rescue provide comprehensive solutions in the following areas:
Planning
LRM Fire & Rescue offer comprehensive planning solutions including:
o Identifying legislative requirements;
o Reviewing existing bushfire plans;
o Integrating existing safety and asset maintenance systems into your bushfire plan;
o Stakeholder identification & consultation;
o Environmental survey & planning;
o Heritage sites;
o Burn frequency;
o Response capability; and
o Hazard reduction in carbon sequestration sites.
Training
If as part of your plan you intend to involve your workers in first response firefighting, LRM Fire & Rescue can provide initial and skills
maintenance training relative to bushfire in order to ensure that they are able to respond safely and with confidence.
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5. LRM Fire & Rescue have experienced, qualified trainers, all firefighters themselves, who are able to comprehensively train and guide
workers through the bushfire suppression process using your equipment and best practice. Real training contextualised to site and
organisations provides the best possible outcomes.
Mitigation
The Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission made the following observation; “bushfires obtain their energy from fuel…. The only element
that can be controlled by humans is the management of the fuel.”
LRM Fire & Rescue can provide safe, effective bushfire mitigation strategies including:
o Hazard reduction burns;
o Fire break construction and maintenance;
o Access trail construction and maintenance;
o Fuel modification including slashing, stick raking etc.; and
o Post mitigation reporting.
Consolidation
The time following mitigation work provides many opportunities for stakeholders that are often overlooked including:
o Clear access for maintenance work;
o Access for feral pest eradication;
o Access for invasive weed species eradication; and
o Environmental monitoring.
LRM Fire & Rescue’s comprehensive post mitigation reporting will assist you to identify how the consolidation phase can be used to your
advantage.
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7. Response
When a bushfire does start, a fast and effective response is critical and can mean the difference between a good outcome and the loss of
assets or worse still the loss of life, disruption of your organisation and years tied up in the legal system.
LRM Fire & Rescue can provide a response capability inline with the risk faced by your organisation using well trained and highly
experienced bushfire firefighters utilising modern firefighting equipment, procedures and best practice.
LRM Fire & Rescue’s response services include:
o Stand-by crews for High Risk activities such as hot work and plant working in close proximity to bushland;
o “Shadowing” of maintenance crews carrying out essential maintenance during heightened bushfire danger periods;
o Augmenting your existing bushfire response capability; and
o Providing your organisation’s bushfire response capability for the bushfire season.
LRM Fire & Rescue offer flexible solutions for bushfire response so there is no need to ever go without cover.
Time to discuss your requirements
We have only provided a glimpse of the solutions that LRM Fire & Rescue can offer you in relation to bushfire. We welcome the
opportunity to meet with you to discuss your particular situation and identify how we can tailor an effective solution for you.
Contact
Lindsay McIver
Director
0488 264 133
Email: Lindsay@lrmfireandrescue.com.au
Web: www.lrmfireandrescue.com.au
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