The City of Kwinana and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) have teamed up to merge the City's Summer Sounds festival with a Bushfire Community Day.
The event at Honeywood Oval in Wandi on Saturday, October 17, will join the sounds of summer with emergency services displays, demonstrations and practical bushfire information..
The DFES Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE) has put together an interactive and educational series of activations that enables the community to brush up on their bushfire knowledge.
BCoE Chief Superintendent Grant Pipe said with summer around the corner it was the right time to spread the message about what actions households and businesses needed to take to prepare for a bushfire.
“Western Australia might be a big State but more than 93 per cent is bushfire prone,” he said.
“Our firefighters do a magnificent job keeping WA safe but the responsibility for preparing for bushfire season needs to be a collaborative effort involving the community.
“The Bushfire Community Day provides attendees with a range of educational products and materials so they can be prepared in case of an emergency.
“There is also some fun for the kids which also carry the bushfire message. They can dress as a firefighter, roll out a fire hose, climb inside a fire truck, all while adults can deal directly with experts on how best to be ready for bushfire season.”
DFES staff and local brigades will showcase fire truck displays, hose demonstrations, brigade activities, Firewise gardening information and the RAC Rescue Helicopter experience.
Find out more about the day’s activities at the City of Kwinana event website.
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