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Neighbourhood Safe Place (Place of Last Resort)
A Neighbourhood Safe Place, also know as a Bushfire Place of Last Resort (NSP-BPLR), is a place of last resort when all other bushfire plans have failed.
What are Neighbourhood Safe Places?
- Locations that provide some protection from direct flame and heat from a fire, but they do not guarantee safety.
- They are not an alternative to planning to leave early or to stay and defend your property; they are a place of last resort if all other fire plans have failed.
- An existing location and not a purpose-built, fire-proof structure. It is important to know that many NSP-BPLRs are simply a clearing that provides separation distance from the bushfire hazard (e.g.) forest).
- Not to be confused with Community Fire Refuges, Relief Centres, Recovery Centres, or Assembly Areas, each of which have a different and specific purpose.
- Not an appropriate destination when leaving the area early.
- Not a place of shelter from other types of emergencies (e.g. to escape rising floodwaters or severe weather events).
The City of Whittlesea's Bushfire Place of Last Resort is:
- AF Walker Reserve, Corner Laurel Street and Forest Street in Whittlesea