An innovative app tells Aussies how at-risk they are of bushfires
An innovative app has been announced by The Bushfire Building Council of Australia to help Aussies be better prepared for bushfire season.
The app will allow homeowners and renters to easily assess how at-risk their residence and local area are of a destructive bushfire.
Users of the app will enter their address and answer a series of questions about their home and their landscaping situation.
A rating of one to five stars will then be issued to the user, along with a list of measures, specific to the individual’s property, that will help them gain a higher rating and ultimately making their house safer and less flammable.
After the nation-wide devastation and destruction of the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires, The Bushfire Building Council of Australia hopes to avoid the same level of desolation in future bushfire season through the use of the app.
Former Victorian fire chief Craig Lapsley said the technology has been a long time coming, and hopes the app will help people all over the country be more prepared.
“It's been a decade and it really had to come to a head with the Black Summer fires,” Mr Lapsley said.
During the Black Summer bushfires, approximately 3,000 homes were destroyed, with an unprecedented 1.8 million hectares of land burnt.
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