{"id":1247,"date":"2020-02-05T04:03:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/survivaljar.com\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2020-02-05T04:03:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:03:34","slug":"how-to-protect-your-house-in-a-bushfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivaljar.com\/how-to-protect-your-house-in-a-bushfire\/","title":{"rendered":"How to protect your house in a bushfire."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forest fires can be devastating for wildlife, homes, businesses, pets, and livestock. Every summer as the bushland dries out there is a real risk of an uncontrolled forest fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The local fire department can only do so much due to limited resources so it is up to you as a homeowner to limit your exposure to a forest bushfire in your area. In this post, we will go over the equipment and preventative maintenance you can do to protect your home and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will even show you how to install some sprinkler heads onto your roof for automatic fire fighting suppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bushfire Preparation Checklist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It goes without saying that if your yard looks like a tinder box with dry wood, lots of trees and scrub that it will most probably ignite very easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following 10 steps will make your garden less prone to spontaneous combustion due to flying embers. Most of all these preventative measures will possibly save your house and your lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Clean up any firewood and stack them away from your house.<\/li>
  2. Cut down dead branches and remove them from around your property.<\/li>
  3. Keep your grass and garden green by using pop up sprinklers and regular watering. It is quite simple to set you your own DIY pop up garden water system.<\/a><\/li>
  4. Have a water tank connected to an electric and petrol water pump for fire fighting.<\/li>
  5. Install external water taps to four corners of your property.<\/li>
  6. Have a fire extinguisher mounted inside of your house.<\/li>
  7. Clear trees from around property if living in the bush and clean out the house rain gutters.<\/li>
  8. Have fire fighting equipment handy at all times. This includes hoses, connectors, ax, shovels, fire blanket, spare fuel for petrol fire pumps, generator, and fire extinguishers.<\/li>
  9. Install water sprinklers to the top of your roof to spray water over the whole of your house in all directions.<\/li>
  10. Have a fire evacuation plan ready and make sure everyone knows the rally points with a plan B in case things go wrong.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Bushfire Sprinkler System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    A few years ago I ended up visiting a property that had fire sprinklers installed to the roof of their house. These sprinklers were permanently mounted and plumbed in with galvanized pipe and connected to a 10,000L water tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As they lived near a state forest they were very concerned with bush fires. These few simple steps made it sure they at least had a fighting chance to battle forest fires if they threatened their property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Having an option to switch between mains water and tank water is a great option if the tank runs dry or if the mains water pressure drops out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nowadays it is simple to have the option to use either an electric or petrol water pump. For a complete backup solution, it is best to have both. It would just be a matter to change a few water valves over to select which pump you would want to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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