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TLF ID M012436

This is an online resource with links to downloadable publications including brochures, guides, plans and fact sheets on fire safety and related topics. There are also links to reports and policies, documents in languages other than English, Brigade magazine and audio versions of summer fire-safety information. This resource is provided by Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria.

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Educational value
  • This is a useful resource for year 5 geography, particularly for the content descriptions in Geographical Knowledge and Understanding that refer to the influence of the environment on the human characteristics of a place and the impact of bushfires on environments and communities, with the need for careful management.
  • This is a useful resource for the Landforms and landscapes unit of study in year 8 geography, particularly for the content description referring to the causes and impacts of landscape hazards such as bushfires.
  • The resource can contribute to students attaining those elements of the achievement standard in year 5 geography that refer to recognising that the environment influences the human characteristics of a place and how places change due to human activity; and in year 8 geography that refer to describing measures used for landscape protection and hazard mitigation.
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8

Topics Environmental hazards Emergency services Environmental management Firefighting Forest fires Human settlements Fire prevention Conservation (Environment) Earthquakes Volcanic eruptions
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority\, State Government of
  • Organization: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority\, State Government of
  • URL: http://www.bushfireeducation.vic.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority\, State Government of
  • Organization: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority\, State Government of
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.bushfireeducation.vic.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Image
Rights
  • © Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, State Government of Victoria, 2011 (except where otherwise indicated). Material on the Bushfires Education website can be used for non-commercial educational purposes within Australia provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the material. Material that is owned by other copyright holders, which have associated acknowledgements, can be used in this manner until 1 July 2016.