Aspects of house design for bushfire safety

What great bushfire weather!  So good to feel all the dampness around and see so much green.  It was totally nervewracking going through those weeks of hot and dry weather and wondering when/if a fire would pop up.

2014 was quite a different year in terms of the need for Smokespotter reporting.  Definitely the quietest year we have had since the network started.  And yet it wasn't the year with least bushfire risk.

Is the community getting more careful about when and whether to light a fire?  Is there more awareness of the risks of fire getting out of control.  Has spreading knowledge of the quick reaction of Smokespotters to sightings of smoke had some effect?  Or a combination of those and other factors?

Let's just be thankful that it was quiet, and hope that 2015 is going to be similar.

Here's a link to an article in today's edition of The Conversation which talks about aspects of house design / retrofit that improve bushfire safety, and some myths about the high costs involved.

Stay safe.

Oh, and please have a look at the No Motocross @ Adare website and sign the petition - here or via the link on the website.