Part I. Understanding fire -- 1. Background to Bushfires -- 2. Bushfire Cycles -- 3. Bushfire Behaviour -- Part II. Proecting yourself, your family and your home -- 4. Insight into Bushfire Tragedy -- 5. How Bushfire Attacks Houses: the home as a safe refuge -- 6. Choosing a Safe Site -- 7. A Safe Property Layout -- 8. Design to Keep Bushfire Out of Buildings -- 9. Facilities for Bushfire Defence -- 10. Planting for Bushfire Protection -- 11. How to Prepare for Bushfire Season -- 12. The Decision: evacuate or stay? -- 13. Travelling in the Bushfire Season -- 14. What To Do When Bushfire Threatens -- Part III. Dealing with the aftermath -- 15. After a Bushfire -- 16. Emergency Checklists
