A national telephone based fire warning system has been tested on 27th November in the Victorian coastal town, Torquay.The system is expected to be launched on next week to alert people during bushfire emergency. It can send thousands of text and voice messages to landlines and mobile phones based on the billing addresses within an identified area.
‘It is a system that will get a message out to people quickly and efficiently in life-threatening situations.’ said Premier John Brumby.
At present it can send messages to landlines and mobile phones within an identified area. That means it can not send messages to visitor’s mobile phones. The system can send 300 text messages per second and 1000 voice messages per minute. The warning will be issued only during life threatening situations at the command of a bushfire incident controller. The triple zero emergency number will be still available for calling police, fire service and ambulance. The Emergency alert system is operated by Telstra Corporation Limited.
New Personal Possessions Fire bunker allows more people to leave early!
Due to much demand, Fire Proof Shelters has released the new Personal Possession Fire Bunker® which is designed to protect your personal items from the affects of Bushfire.
Most of us realise that the only way to avoid harm from any bushfire is to leave early and not try to defend the property when there is so much to risk!
Houses can easily be rebuilt, however it is the irreplaceable items such as family photo albums, documents, computer drives and many other precious items that we want to protect, and let’s face it, trying to pack all this gear up and take it with you every time it’s a total fire ban day is impractical and a real pain!
Now there is a real answer with the new Personal Possession Fire Bunker® where you can easily pack up your precious items and store them inside the fire shelter making it mush easier and much quicker to leave if there is a fire threat.
See more information on the new Personal Possession Fire Bunker® <== here.
The Victorian government has finally introduced an interim order for fire bunker standards in Victoria. These interim regulations are incorporated after amending the Building Regulations 2006.These regulations came into effect from 11th November2009 (except regulation 9 and 10 which shall come into effect from 9th November-2010).These regulations shall expire on 10th November 2010 when a new national standard by Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is expected. The main provisions of the interim regulations in respect of the fire bunker standards are,
A building surveyor shall not give approval for constructing a fire bunker unless,
- He or she is satisfied with a certificate under sec-238 of the Building Act-1993 by a fire safety engineer, who did not design the building work, to the effect that structure complies with the performance requirements. or
- Satisfied with a determination of the Building Appeals Board under section 160A of the Act that the alternative solution complies with the performance requirements, or
- Received an accreditation from Building Regulations Advisory Committee in respect of the fire bunker, or
- Received a Certificate of Conformity issued by the Australian Building Codes Board which states that the alternative solution complies with that performance requirement.