Wetlands don'tburn neither do rainforests, Many covered canal fed tenches that allow river water to spread into the floodplains, would turn them into permanently moist areas that can be farmed without irrigation.

And we need to resume the selective logging of forests, given it was far better management than locking them away as future fuel for runaway firestorms And national parks need to be grazed to reduce the unusually high fuel loads of what has become green initiated fire traps.

Building codes need to be changed to eliminate all combustible material and every domicile needs a clear space around it protected by a colourbond fence and fence top sprinklers

. Buildings must have rooftop sprinklers and there needs to be far better water storage, I'd demand at least a million-litre tank minimum, that can be filled when the good rains come and kept for stay and fight scenarios. Which can use four thousand litres an hour minimum from a single hose?

Also, there must be independent power and fuel supply for a month. Better to have too much than too little.

Also, all municipal pumps need backup generators to keep the liquid gold flowing.

After that, we need to consider barrages on many coastal waterways to store far more freshwater in the estuarine environment.

Yes, I know the greens will go bananas but preserving human life takes precedence, followed by human domiciles.

These fires have spared neither our precious fauna or flora!
It probably has never ever occurred to the tree-hugging minority that they are never ever protected in forests that have been converted int vast conflagrations going somewhere to happen by green lock and leave idiocy!?
Alan B.

I'll keep saying it until the idiots start to take notice and realise I have a point.
And that is, the root of this whole fire debacle is and will always be the GREENS!
It was a bit more intense this time around, not because of the heat or the wind, but because the two of them conspired to raise the severity and intensity of the fires.
How many times does it have to be said, Australia is a sh!thole, that just cannot sustain humans comfortably.
We all huddle and gather along the coastal strips because that's the only place humans can live COMFORTABLY!
Thing about it, we are continually under threat by this country and it's very existence.
We can't go swimming either inland waters nor beaches, because we will be killed.
We can't even think about inland water, because there isn't any worth talking about or to go around.
We can't live anywhere on this land because it will kill you, either because of desert or because of the wildlife and insects.
Then if we decide to stay indoors and avoid contact with anyone or anything, we are continually attacked by local, state and federal fees and charges, which to many Aussies is just as much a life threatening situation as venturing outside.
So given the opportunity, I have been researching other countries with more conducive and favorable conditions, with less threatening govts and environments.
I am pleased to say that there are countries where you can happily mingle amongst the flora and fauna, without fear of losing your life, in fact quite the opposite.
Beware people there is a cult afoot which is slowly working towards world dominance, in their sick attempt at enslaving the people, that's their words not mine.
They've been at it for years, slowly but surely making subtle changes to our laws and lives to the benefit of their end goal.
They are doing it through the banks, as they control or own 97% of the banks, now, only lending you money if you forgo certain things, if you can't repay the loan.

I think Austraslia will respond effectively to mitigate consequences of more fires and more areas becoming prone to fires overr time.

We really have no choice. it looks like a regretable reality.

But it may come from a variety of strategies: changes to National park rules, substantial and being cleared to avoid links between huge forest areas, higher insurance premiums for living in fire prone regions, more roads to allow greater escape from fire prone regions and towns, and so on.

ALTRAV,

When I haven't been overseas for Australia's sake or working for Australia, I've lived my life in the bush.
After reading your last post I'm amazed that I've survived in 'your' Australia.
Around here the only insects that are a nuisance are flies and mozzies (some of which resemble Dragon Flies!!), the numerous snakes are no problem as they tend to avoid humans and the only dangerous animals are a few scrub bulls (and, very occasionally a demented cow) and suicidal kangaroos on the roads.
I've sat in a hide, many a time, hunting foxes and watched snakes glide bye.

At night the local towns are more dangerous, especially around closing time.

Seeking to clarify data on burn-offs. Forest Fire Victoria but the totals at much less

https://www.ffm.vic.gov.au/fuel-management-report-2018-19/statewide-achievements/bushfire-risk

Over the past 10 years they appear to be under 40,000 hectares per year. Could you provide the source of the 74,825 hectares

Alanjohn. The source was a Weekly Times article of Wednesday 12 December about black Saturday. See attachment in https://volunteerfirefighters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Letter-to-PM-Scott-Morrisson-22-February-2019.pdf.