Bushfire health and safety

During a bushfire, your safety depends on your preparations and the decisions you make. Make your Bushfire Survival Plan now and know exactly what you can do to protect yourself, your family, and your property.

Information about mental health support and services, community support services, managing stress after a disaster, and family relationships after a disaster, and other resources.

Bushfire smoke can reduce air quality and may affect people’s health. Learn how bushfire smoke can affect health and actions to take to avoid or reduce potential health effects.

Bushfires can generate large amounts of smoke, ash and dust. Learn about the impacts on air quality and how to reduce potential health impacts.

View Queensland's air quality data with hourly updates from the statewide monitoring network. Learn about the current smoke and dust health action levels.

Fire bans and restrictions are to keep us safe and are imposed using either a Local Fire Ban or a State of Fire Emergency.

Ongoing bushfire activity can decrease air quality and may affect the health of all workers, not just those involved in fighting fires. Work Safe Queensland outlines four steps to manage risks for bushfire smoke.

Bushfires can be really scary, especially for young children. If you need help talking to your kids about what’s going on around them, try reading Birdie and the Fire.

Bushfire affected Copper chrome arsenate (CCA) treated timber ash can have health consequences and should be collected and taken to landfill for disposal.

Bushfires produce large amounts of smoke, ash and debris that can settle on roofs used to collect rainwater. Find out more about bushfires and roof-harvested rainwater, and maintaining the quality of water stored in rainwater tanks.

If your home has been damaged by fire or smells of smoke from bushfires, these tips will help you to ventilate your home, and wash smoke odour from clothes.

Houses, sheds and other buildings or structures burnt in a bushfire can leave potential health hazards, including fallen objects, sharp objects, smouldering coals, damaged electrical wires, leaking gas and weakened walls. Learn how to stay safe.

Portable generators can allow some normal activities to continue during power outages, however, it is important to use them carefully.

People returning to properties affected by fire should wear personal protective equipment. Learn more about this equipment which should include masks, disposable coveralls, sturdy foot-ware and sturdy gloves.

Water additives are chemicals that slow the spread or intensity of a fire. They are dispersed by fire trucks and sometimes dropped from aircraft. Learn more about these chemicals, health risks and precautions.

Information for residents and property owners affected by bushfires that aims to provide resources and help address concerns about asbestos fibres.

Owner occupiers must install interconnected smoke alarms by 2027. When one goes off, they all go off, giving everyone extra time to escape.

Know your obligations and responsibilities when using fire outdoors, and how to stay safe around camp and open air fires, caravans, and barbeques.