Radiant heat and its effect on human health

Bushfires produce copious quantities of smoke that often disperses over long distances depending on the climatic conditions, topography and vegetation sources. As a result, smoke may affect human communities that are not directly threatened by bushfire or impacted by prescribed burning.

The presence of greater numbers of people living in or near the bush has increased the size of the at-risk population in the event of a bushfire. The population health impacts associated with smoke from bushfires are not well defined but are thought to have possible adverse effects on respiratory and cardiovascular systems and are therefore important considerations for public health, and for emergency and environmental agencies.

Smoke produced during bushfires or prescribed burning contains a complex mixture of particulate matter, water vapour and gases, many of which are known to be air pollutants or greenhouse gases. Particulate matter results from incomplete combustion of vegetation and varies in concentration, composition and size distribution.

The symptoms of smoke effects

Fine particles and gases can accumulate in the eyes, nose and lungs and cause a number of health problems including burning or itchy eyes, runny nose, sore throat, headache and general coughing. People with heart disease might experience chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath or fatigue. People with lung disease may not be able to breathe easily, deeply or vigorously and may develop symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, phlegm and chest discomfort.

With all the research Fire Proof Shelters has been conducting, many people are falsly under the impression a smaller Fire shelter is adequate to protect them! Unfortunately this is not the case. There a many sub standard Fire Shelters/Fire Bunkers on the market that are very missleading in the amaout of available breathing time. They don’t allow for the adverse effect CO2 expiation has on people in an air tight space and effectively reduces the REAL breathing time down dramatically!

Find out why Fire proof Shelters design is offen twice the size of most other fire shelters! Call 03 9444 1555 to find out more.

Fire proof shelters announced today the introduction of a brand-new premium design fire shelter or fire bunker. The new fire shelter from fire proof shelters sets a new standard in ultimate bushfire safety and protection by employing a double fire door system making it one of the safest fire shelter designs in Australia.

The new fireproof shelter double fire door system is based on a side entry model that is installed under the ground with an access tunnel to the fire shelter that has to world-class fully rated fireproof doors at each end. This fire bunker design sets a completely new standard in fire shelters and offers the highest degree of protection against the most intense bushfires and radiant heat, giving you an amazing amount of protection allowing you to be over 2 m away from the outside fire door.

Couple together with the fact that fire proof shelters has the largest volume fire shelters on the market, people who live in high fire risk areas can now rest assured that a solution to cater for the most intense bushfires regardless of the environment, is now available through fire proof shelters.

Call Craig on 0394441555 for more information about the revolutionary new fireproof shelter

Now that the bushfire season is fast approaching many people are considering installing fire shelters as the ultimate means of protection against bushfires, particularly in those high risk fire prone areas as indicated recently. There are a few fire shelters and fire bunkers on the market however most are fairly small and many people are asking about installing a large fire shelter to cater for more people and to reduce the anxiety of confined spaces and to increase the amount of oxygen and air available.

Fire proof shelters have introduced a much larger shelter to cater for people who want a large fire bunker particularly if you have a large family and the large fireproof shelter caters for up to 10 – 12 people for approximately 3 hours of comfortable breathing time.

A mistake many people make when judging the amount of available air in enclosed space like a fire shelter used to make an allowance for people who are under duress and breathe much more quickly than normal and also body-mass takes away volume of air.

Is extremely important to make sure that you have a lot more air than is required, some areas on Black Saturday remained dangerous for up to 2 hours which meant you would have to stay in your fire shelter or fire bunker for up to 2 hours, even though this may be a rare occasion there is no guarantee it won’t happen to you.

Call us to find out about our new range of fire shelters on 03 9444 1555