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 *
• Staying healthy in the heat
• Fire retardants and health*
• Food safety

Safety

• 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

• Private water sources in bushfire-affected areas

* 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

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