Billet System Proposed for Bushfire Emergencies

A billeting system has been proposed by Michael Henningsen, the Deputy Mayor, Adelaide City Council, South Australia during catastrophic bushfire emergencies. The present warning system prompts the people to leave their homes when a catastrophic or code red fire warning has been issued by the authorities. Some people find it difficult to go to a safe place because they do not have relations or close friends for help. To overcome this, an idea of a billeting system where city residents offer temporary board to people who have been asked to leave, is proposed. The organizations like Country Fire Service (CFS) of South Australia have supported the idea.

“It’s an interesting idea and certainly one worth exploring. “Said Wendy Shirley, executive director, CFS Volunteer Association.”It’s early days yet in this whole new fire danger rating system and it certainly would stand to reason that there are people up in the hills who would have nowhere else to go, If they don’t have any friends or relatives in Adelaide that they can go to on such a day, this proposal might be the solution for them,” she said.

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