print email comment close Bushfire Weather URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/bushfire.htm Description: "Australia has a history of severe bushfires. Such tragedies ... [include] the Ash Wednesday fires of February 1983 (71 deaths in Victoria and South Australia), the Tasmanian fires of February 1967 (62 lives ...) and the New South Wales bushfires of 1994." This site provides information about bushfire weather risks, anatomy of a fire danger day, protecting yourself and your home, and related topics. From the Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology. Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia Extra Keywords 2009 LII Database Information: Record 27919 created by Maria Brandt on 02/09/2009 Last modification on 02/09/2009 Published: 02/12/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27919