What is a Bushfire Place of Last Resort?

Monday, 11 November, 2019

Council reminds residents that Bushfire Places of Last Resort are available across the Strathbogie Shire in times of fire emergency.

A Bushfire Place of Last Resort (BPLR), or formally referred to as a Neighbourhood Safer Place, is a place where you can go when your personal bushfire plans have failed.

A BPLR is a predetermined location which is considered relatively safe from bushfire.

The following locations in the Strathbogie Shire are Bushfire Places of Last Resort:

Kirkland Avenue, between Clifton Street and Bury Street, Euroa Avenel Recreation Reserve Pavilion, 33A Anderson Street and Watson Street, Avenel Longwood Recreation Reserve Pavilion, 2A Down Street, Longwood Mangalore Airport Main Building, 331 Aerodrome Road, Mangalore Nagambie Lakes Regatta Centre, 66 Loddings Lane, Nagambie Ruffy Recreation Reserve Oval, 36 Noye Lane, Ruffy Strathbogie Golf Club House, 17 Armstrong Avenue, Strathbogie Violet Town Recreation Reserve Pavilion, 2 Tulip Street, Violet Town

Country Fire Authority (CFA) provides the following advice about Bushfire Places of Last Resort on their website:

Locations may provide some protection from direct flame and heat from a fire, but they do not guarantee safety They are not an alternative to planning to leave early or to stay and defend your property; they are a place of last resort if all other fire plans have failed They are an existing location and not a purpose-built, fire-proof structure. It is important to know that many NSP-BPLRs are simply a clearing that provides separation distance from the bushfire hazard (e.g. forest). They are not to be confused with Community Fire Refuges, Relief Centres, Recovery Centres or Assembly Areas, each of which have a different and specific purpose. They are not an appropriate destination when leaving the area early They are not a place of shelter from other types of emergencies (e.g. to escape rising floodwaters or severe weather events)

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