{"id":72205,"date":"2020-10-22T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T03:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=72205"},"modified":"2020-10-22T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T03:33:19","slug":"stop-drop-and-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop, drop and prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPARKING conversations is important in the spirit of Fire Action Week as local firefighters urge the public to prepare their fire safe plans as we approach warmer, drier weather.<\/p>\n

Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison met with members of the Sebastopol Country Fire Authority brigade to discuss preparedness and methods for households to increase their understanding of fire risks and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n

Ms Settle said the aim of the visit was to get people thinking about the fire season ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cFire Action Week is a time to increase your understanding of the fire risk where you live, prepare your property and talk to your loved ones about what you\u2019ll do to stay safe from fire,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrepare your properties and have those difficult conversations about what we would have to do if we were in a fire situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CFA do an extraordinary job but they can\u2019t be doing it on their own, if people aren\u2019t maintaining their property, it\u2019s putting these guys at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering last summer\u2019s fires, Ms Addison said with climate change was creating tougher, harsher conditions every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictoria\u2019s Emergency Management services have started their preparations for the upcoming summer fire season, so now it\u2019s up to all of us to understand our local fire risk and develop a fire plan,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet your planning done and have those difficult conversations, but it\u2019s having those that will save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the lead-up to summer, CFA brigades and Fire Rescue Victoria stations around the state will be running online sessions to help the public understand and prepare for fire risk.<\/p>\n

Captain of the Sebastopol Fire Brigade Ben Carey said the most important thing to remember is to have a plan and knowing when to act on that plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it starts to warm up, people start to burn off on their own properties and they need to make sure it\u2019s fully our because a fire can burn underground for up to a week \u2026 that\u2019s how the fires normally happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key point is for families to get together, have a plan in place, have a safe point and have something packed and ready to go so everyone is on the same page.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t predict what\u2019s going to happen, but we\u2019re there to prepare and attack the job if it comes along.<\/p>\n

For preparation recommendations and to stay up to date with emergency warnings, tune into Victoria\u2019s emergency broadcasters, phone the VicEmergency hotline 1800 226 226<\/strong> or visit emergency.vic.gov.au<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SPARKING conversations is important in the spirit of Fire Action Week as local firefighters urge the public to prepare their fire safe plans as we approach warmer, drier weather. Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison met with members of the Sebastopol Country Fire Authority brigade to discuss preparedness and methods […]<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":72206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-72205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPARKING conversations is important in the spirit of Fire Action Week as local firefighters urge the public to prepare their fire safe plans as we approach warmer, drier weather. Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison met with members of the Sebastopol Country Fire Authority brigade to discuss preparedness and methods [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ruby Staley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ruby Staley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ruby Staley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e\"},\"headline\":\"Stop, drop and prepare\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"Plan ahead: Volunteer fire fighters Allan Jubber, Caillin Mitchell and Steve Burgess and captain Ben Carey, joined by Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison at the Sebastopol Fire Brigade in preparation for fire season. Photo: RUBY STALEY\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/stop-drop-and-prepare\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stop, drop and prepare\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"width\":739,\"height\":98,\"caption\":\"Ballarat Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e\",\"name\":\"Ruby Staley\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rubystaley.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/author\\\/ruby\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times","og_description":"SPARKING conversations is important in the spirit of Fire Action Week as local firefighters urge the public to prepare their fire safe plans as we approach warmer, drier weather. Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison met with members of the Sebastopol Country Fire Authority brigade to discuss preparedness and methods [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/","og_site_name":"Ballarat Times","article_published_time":"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ruby Staley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ruby Staley","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/"},"author":{"name":"Ruby Staley","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e"},"headline":"Stop, drop and prepare","datePublished":"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/"},"wordCount":439,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/","name":"Stop, drop and prepare - Ballarat Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-22T03:33:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/Fire-Plan-scaled-e1603337557490.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"Plan ahead: Volunteer fire fighters Allan Jubber, Caillin Mitchell and Steve Burgess and captain Ben Carey, joined by Buninyong Michaela Settle and Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison at the Sebastopol Fire Brigade in preparation for fire season. Photo: RUBY STALEY"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/stop-drop-and-prepare\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stop, drop and prepare"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","name":"Ballarat Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization","name":"Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","width":739,"height":98,"caption":"Ballarat Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1c39b3a145f39b0fcf908463ce6e578e","name":"Ruby Staley","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.rubystaley.com"],"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/author\/ruby\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72205"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=72205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}