If you live near or in a bushy area, you should make sure you have an evacuation plan. This evacuation plan will assist you in to try and avoid dying or getting injured in a bushfire. If the fire danger rating system is on extreme or catastrophic, then it'll cause in heavy fines. Here's what you can do to prepare for bushfire season, clean out your roof, gutters and chimney, keep useful household items that can be used as fire tools, clear fine fuels around your house, clear all flammable vegetation such as leaves twigs sticks and bushes. Keep your lawn mowed about five centimetres in length, and make sure your home and contents insurance policy is up to date and accessible when your far away from your home. Before bushfire season, it is also extremely important to prepare an emergency kit. Your emergency kit should have essential items such as water, food that cannot be decayed, torches, first aid kit, medication, a working mobile phone, charger, blankets, money and before bushfire season, make sure you have a perfect plan and remember to repetitively practise your evacuation plan, and make sure everyone in your family has a task to do. And you should also have a shelter built far away so you know where to evacuate when there is a bushfire. To conclude, talk to your local fire fighter and ask for advice, and remember your safety is more important than anything.