Bushfires

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Health and safety

Bushfires have the potential to cause a number of environmental health concerns beyond the immediate damage caused by the fire.

Health

Bushfire smoke and your health*
Air quality in bushfire-affected areas
Heat stress - preventing heat-related illness*
Food safety*

Safety

Safe handling and cremation of human remains exposed to asbestos
Hazards on your property after a bushfire*
Please be safe when returning to your property
Using protective kits in bushfire affected areas
Ash from CCA-treated Timber
Bushfires - Using alternative fuel and electricity generation safely*
Cleaning up a smoke affected home

Water

Water tanks & bushfires*
Assessing your water tank in bushfire affected areas
Fire retardants and health*

* Translations are available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Croatian, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Victorian Bushfire Information Line 1800 240 667
Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund 1800 811 700

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