Engineering Experts Support the Theory of Fire Bunkers

There is strong debate on the working and safety of fire bunkers. Some people argue that fire bunkers can not help human life during extreme fire. Others support it pointing the survival of many people during bush fires. According to Keith Crews, professor, structural engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, fire bunkers could be built in houses and communities in the bush fire prone areas. Underground bunkers would be ideal to protect the lives of many people.”You would need something that is essentially underground because of the insulating quality of earth”. He said. In developing a technique to build a fire bunker, it is better to add features that make concrete bomb shelters, but at the same time the bunkers need not to be too deep because earth act as a natural insulator. The fire bunkers can be made with concrete or timbers or a combination of both. The burning properties of timber make it a good insulator too.

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