Property bushfire management and survival plans

As a landholder or occupier, it is your responsibility to prepare for bushfires and take action.

By doing this, you help protect yourself, your property, your neighbours and your community.

Property management plan

You should consider developing a property bushfire management plan.

Having a bushfire plan helps you:

• understand and manage risk
• comply with the Bushfire Management Act 2016 and Fire and Emergency Act 1996
• increase the level of your community's preparedness
• start a conversation between families and your neighbours.

To prepare yourself and your property for the bushfire season:

• install or maintain your firebreaks
• for fire protection zones, read: 
  • Top End rural property bushfire planning guide PDF (3.9 MB)
  • Central Australia property bushfire planning guide PDF (21.5 MB)
• for emergency response areas, go to the NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services website
• learn about what your emergency kit should include on the SecureNT website.

Survival plans

Your bushfire survival plan should focus on how to prepare, act and survive in the event of a bushfire.

Find out how to prepare, act and survive in the event of a bushfire on the SecureNT website.