Bushfire Plan
Questions
1. Why is it important for schools in high risk areas to have a bushfire plan?
2. Where were the recent bushfires in Australia? Locate using Google Maps.
3. Describe the environment surrounding the school in the Bushfire Plan story.
4. What do you think makes a place more prone to bushfires?
5. What is the most vital part of any bushfire plan?
a. Water
b. Fire blankets
c. Controlled burning
6. What alerts the students that there is a bushfire near their school?
7. Once the alert sounds what do the students have to do?
8. What is a refuge? Illustrate.
9. List some of the items that are in the school’s bushfire supply kit.
10. Is your school in a high risk bushfire zone? What is our school bushfire
plan?
2. Where were the recent bushfires in Australia? Locate using Google Maps.
3. Describe the environment surrounding the school in the Bushfire Plan story.
4. What do you think makes a place more prone to bushfires?
5. What is the most vital part of any bushfire plan?
a. Water
b. Fire blankets
c. Controlled burning
6. What alerts the students that there is a bushfire near their school?
7. Once the alert sounds what do the students have to do?
8. What is a refuge? Illustrate.
9. List some of the items that are in the school’s bushfire supply kit.
10. Is your school in a high risk bushfire zone? What is our school bushfire
plan?