A bushfire can be dangerous and is not something that you
should tackle by yourself. Then where do you get help when a bushfire is
coming?
Bushfires aid is provided by many government departments and they include, the
NSW Fire Brigade, SES and NSW Rural Fire Services. All of these 3 services can
help you during a bush fire.
NSW Fire
Brigade: this is the common fire fighting service we see in around Sydney.
They are a department that only fight fires within a distant but anything
beyond that distant the Rural Fire services takes charge. The fire brigade only
take care of bushfires near Sydney like in the Blue Mountains or the Royal
National park near Waterfall.
SES: The NSW
State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to
assisting the community. It is made up almost entirely of volunteers, with 228
units located throughout New South Wales. While our major responsibilities are
for flood and storm operations, the SES also provides the majority of general
rescue effort in the rural parts of the state.
NSW Rural
Fire Services: On 1 September 1997, The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) was
established by an act of Parliament as the successor to the first bush fire
brigade, redefining the world's largest fire service and building on a century
of experience in protecting some of the most fire-prone areas on earth. Today
the Service comprises over 2,100 volunteer rural fire brigades with a total
membership of just over 70,000.
There are NGO that helps out when there is a bushfire and
they include Red Cross and the Salvation Army. These NGO give family support,
food and drinks, money and clothes after a bushfire. There a many ways how
someone else can help you when a bushfire start or end. This is a website leading to
how you can be safe when a bushfire is around.
A bushfire is a fire usually caused by naturally effects and
spread quickly throughout bushland, forest and tundras with dry tall grass.
Sometimes they are started on purpose and that is illegal and cause major
damage to houses and can take lives as well. Bushfires are dangerous and you
should keep well away from them and also if you live in a bushfire danger zone
you should have a plan of what to do when bushfires come. Bushfires are known to cause major damage and
can kill many people and wildlife. Bushfires happens when there is low rainfall
or droughts, heatwaves, high
temperatures, strong dry winds, low humidity and human activity. They also
occur when there is an El-Niño
causing drought in Australia. Bushfires are common in Australia since we have
many eucalyptus trees that are high in oil and very dry. The hot sun and dry
atmosphere encourages dried leaf to be ignited
and then the flames would spread quickly. Bushfires will burn down anything in
its way and can spread from one bushland to another quickly. Bushfires also
burns down human made objects such as houses and farms causing billions of
dollars in damage. Firestorms are
intense fires that happen when there are bushfires and this causes spot fires
long distances away. The fire front spread the quickest so be sure to be out of
the way. Bushfires can be clearly seen from out of space the heat can be felt
hundreds of kilometres away. 
