Bushfires are not a joke! It could happen in Australia anytime, anywhere. Bushfires in Australia are very frequent, even though we dont want it to happen, it does. It is most likely to happen in Summer time. Or it could happen just before Summer season or just after the season ends.
Global Warming is also increasing the frequency and severity of bushfires  and will lead to increased days of extreme fire danger.

Bushfires mainly take place across trails, bushes and more areas. Once you see a bushfire, dont go really close to it. Cause if you do who knows what could happen. It could explode even more and you are the one who is going to be in a critical condition, or you could just get burned really, really badly. If you see a bushfire happening you have to phone it in. If you see a hose nearby you could use that. Dont go near the fire just step away and launch the water.

Where are the bushfires in Australia?

The Victorian environment is one of the most bushfire prone areas in the world. The bushfire fighters they are recognised for the hardest work they ever have (and still) have to do.  The water nearly always limited in some areas, so they have to have a specialised fire suppression techniques. This is required even if you are in a place that still has a lot of water, you still have to have it just in case you don’t have enough water to pit of the fire. There is a recognised fire suppression technique. This is called the well-known ‘dry fire fighting’. This is a method of combating fire with a lot of minimal water resources.
Fires are prevented by removing the fuels on which the fire feed.

These are a few of bushfires across the whole of Australia, over more than 100 years:

·         Bushfires in Victoria/ Australia on the 6^th of February 1851. It burned over 5 million hectares (ha), about 12 human lives, 1 million sheep’s and thousands of cattle. It is now known as the Black Thursday.

·         Bushfire in Victoria on the 1^st of February 1998. It had burned around 260,000 hectares, 12 human lives and around 2,000 buildings. This is now known at the Red Tuesdays Bushfires.

·         Bushfire in Victoria, on December 1938-Janurary 1993. It burned over 2 million hectares, 71 human lives and around 3,700 property damage. This bushfire is now knows and Black Friday Bushfire.

·         Bushfire in South Australia and Victoria on the 16^th of February 1983. It had burned about 418,000 hectares, 75 human lives and 2,400 houses. It’s known as the Ash Wednesday Bushfire.

·         Bushfire in New South Wales on the 25^th of December 2001-2002. It burned over 300,000 hectares, this time there were no lives taken. Also it burned around 121 homes. It’s now known as the Black Christmas.

·         Bushfire in Junee, New South Wales on New Year’s Day of 2006. Luckily this bushfire did not kill any human, but still burned a lot of stuff. The bushfire lost 30,000 hectares around seven homes, seven headers and four shearing sheds destroyed. 1,500 kilometres of fencing damaged. Its known as the Jail Break Inn Fire.

·         Bushfire in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on the 6^th of February 2006. This did not burn any human lives. It burned 9,000 hectares, 2,500 sheep and 6 cattle killed. 3 vehicles, 2 hay sheds and 50 km of fencing destroyed. It’s known as the Pulletop bushfire.

·         Bushfire in Tasmania, on the 4^th of January 2013. It killed 1 human. It burned over 20,000 hectares and at least 170 buildings. Its known as the Tasmanian bushfires.

·         Bushfire in New South Wales on the 17^th of October 2013 and it is still going at this very moment. So far it has killed 2 human lives. It has burned over 100,000 hectares. As of 19^th of October 2013 at least 248 buildings were destroyed state-wide. Another 109 damaged in Springwood, Winmalee and Yellow Rock. Major fires also occurred in the Hunter, Central Coast, Macarthur and Port Stephend regions causing significant damage. It’s still known as the 2013 New South Wales bushfires.

 

For thousands of years, indigenous Australians have used fire to foster grasslands for hunting and to clear tracks through dense vegetation. The indigenous land management group said that a traditional knowledge about indigenous fire management techniques could prevent huge bushfires seen in the New South Wales.

The Australian Aborigines have regularly burned-off the bush as a method to manage the landscape over the last 50,000 years now. The new research shows us that the Australian bushfires history can be explained by climate change and fire patterns, but the fires didn’t increase until the Aboriginals first arrived about 50,000 years ago.

Bushfires and grassfires are very common throughout Australia. They are a part of Bushfires are more frequent during the hotter days of the months. They can cause a lot of property damage, forests, cities or even the cost of a human life. Bushfires have been a part of the Australian landscape for millions of years now.

                                                                 
                                        These are examples of a Bushfire Hazart!: