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New bushfire preparation and recovery manual takes lessons from Black Summer 2019-20

Image – Kiewa Fire Brigade.

AHEAD of this year’s summer bushfire season, a new resource has been created to help livestock producers prepare for, and recover from fire events.

The new manual called Bushfire preparation and recovery: A manual for livestock producers reinforces the fact that bushfire preparation needs to occur more than once a year or just at the start of summer.

Dr Michael Laurence, Program Manager of Animal Wellbeing at MLA said it was essential for producers to ensure they were ‘bushfire ready’ every summer.  “The best way to prepare for fire is to do a…

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