Bushfire preparation checklist

This bushfire preparation checklist will help you prepare your business for a bushfire.

Knowing your business has strategies in place to help cope with a natural disaster like a bushfire should make it easier for your business to minimise losses, maintain business continuity and recover quickly.

Read through this bushfire preparation checklist and click 'Yes' or 'No' to find out if your business is prepared. Any questions you answer 'No' to will be the actions you need to complete to ensure your business is as prepared for a severe bushfire as possible.

You can customise this checklist to include information specific to your business by typing into the 'Other' section.

Also consider...

Find out how to build resilience on the Get Ready Queensland website.
Learn about information technology risk management.
Find out how an incident response plan can help your business deal with crises.
Learn how a recovery plan can help minimise losses and get your business running again.
Read more about bushfire safety from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
Monitor your area's daily fire danger rating.
Use the Bushfire Postcode Checker to check your area's bushfire potential.
Learn about notifications and approval requirements for clearing vegetation for fire, other natural disasters.

Removed the rubbish, leaf litter and native shrubs located close to your building(s)?	Yes No
Formed a wide firebreak around your buildings (e.g. cut grass, trimmed branches clear of buildings, cleared gutters) and obtained any necessary approvals?	Yes No
Fitted wire screens to doors, windows and vents, and enclosed all gaps, if applicable?	Yes No
Stored flammable materials such as wood, gas, petrol and paint well clear of buildings?	Yes No
Kept ladders handy for roof access (inside and out)?	Yes No
Fitted hoses to reach all parts of the building and gardens? (If mains pressure water is not connected, obtain a high-pressure pump.)	Yes No

Developed a task list for your staff to carry out in the event of a bushfire and ensured that this is regularly reviewed?	Yes No
Consulted with your staff and developed an evacuation plan to protect your business in the event of a bushfire?	Yes No

Checked whether there is adequate insurance to cover you in the event of a bushfire?	Yes No
Contacted your insurance company to check if there are any specific preparations you need to make prior to the event?	Yes No

Located and packed your critical documentation (e.g. insurance, financial, legal and identification documents) in a portable waterproof/fireproof container?	Yes No
Backed up your critical data to a portable storage device and stored it in a secure off-site location?	Yes No

Developed your business continuity plan?	Yes No
Clearly identified and analysed the possible risks to your business from a bushfire?	Yes No
Consulted with local authorities (e.g. fire brigade) to obtain relevant and critical information to include in your plan?	Yes No
Developed regular maintenance and reviewed strategies and updated your plan as required?	Yes No
Stored a copy of your business continuity plan off-site in a safe, disaster-proof location?	Yes No

Infrastructure

Staff preparedness

Insurance

Business documentation and records

Business continuity

Other

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