Reduce your grassfire and bushfire risk

You can reduce the fire risk around your home by clearing out anything that could fuel a fire.

Things you can do to help include:

• regularly mowing the grass and raking up leaves
• removing weeds and pruning bushes and trees
• keeping garden beds moist through mulching or other non-flammable ground covers like pebbles
• regularly clearing leaves from gutters, roofs, downpipes and around the base of trees
• maintaining a well-watered lawn (complying with water restrictions)
• storing flammable or combustible materials such as woodpiles and rubbish away from your house

You can further prepare by:

• ensuring that your garden hoses are long enough to reach all areas of your property
• making sure that any fire hydrants near your home are accessible and unobstructed
• creating a personal protection kit (goggles, gloves, hat, boots and cotton trousers and long sleeved shirt)
• storing mops and buckets together

You can find more tips on reducing your risk of grass fire on the CFA's Grassfires page.