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We battled a raging bushfire of 2.5 million acres and saved our home. Risky? Yes. Dangerous? More people die trying to escape.
I am no expert, nor do I profess to be anything but a regular person with an experience to share. I make no recommendations that anyone do or not do anything. I offer my personal opinion about a concept; Shelter-In-Place, sharing with interested folks how and why we made the choice to stay and fight for our home. Did we take a risk? You bet we did. But we had prepared as best as possible (see CFA preparation handbook) and felt comfortable with the risk. Anyone deciding to stay and fight a fire, or thinking anything contained in this website is failsafe or foolproof should recognize that I am just offering a bit more information for you to chew on in making your own decisions for yourself. Each situation, each person, each fire, each home is different. Fires are deadly. If you cannot envision yourself surrounded by flames, trying to see and breathe in thick, choking smoke, or running around like a maniac pulling hoses, tossing burning objects away from your home, and being calm during all of that and more, you have no business even considering it. If you have not prepared fully, if you are not willing and able to take responsibility for your own actions, decisions, and their potentially fatal results, again, leave this site. Even your own abilities can change unexpectedly, from one instant to the next. I take no responsibility for any choices or actions you take after choosing to continue on my site after reading this. If you do choose to use any of the ideas presented here, or anything resembling them, remember; Fires can kill you and others. Fires can injure you and others. Fires can destroy your home, no matter what you do. Once you understand that...then you are welcome to peruse this site.
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