26/11/2024
Bushfire watch and act is in place at the moment close to the clinic area, please stay alert and ready to evacuate.
If you need to seek animal health services don't hesitate to contact us at 9490 2266.
Please stay safe !
🔥 Bushfire Advice - MONITOR CONDITIONS - CHAMPION LAKES, SOUTHERN RIVER and GOSNELLS 🔥
Date of issue: 6:29 AM, 27 Nov 2024.
Please note changes to the Advice area.
⚠ A Bushfire Advice is in place for people in an area bound by Ranford Road, Lake Road, Corfield Street and Southern River Road, including Korden Close and parts of Tonkin Highway in parts of CHAMPION LAKES, SOUTHERN RIVER and GOSNELLS in the CITIES OF ARMADALE and GOSNELLS
⚠ Although there is no immediate danger you need to be aware and keep up to date in case the situation changes.
❗ WHAT TO DO ❗
- Continue to stay alert and monitor your surroundings.
- Watch for signs of a bushfire, especially smoke and flames.
- Be aware of other potential dangers such as falling trees and damaged properties and infrastructure.
- Close all doors and windows and stay inside if smoke is causing you concern.
- If you have a respiratory condition and you have been affected by smoke you should contact your local doctor or call Health Direct on 1800 022 222.
- Be ready if the situation escalates. Read through your bushfire plan. If you do not have a plan, decide what you will do if the situation gets worse. You can make a plan by visiting My Bushfire Plan mybushfireplan.wa.gov.au.
If driving:
- Turn your headlights on and drive slowly.
- Watch for emergency services personnel and follow their directions.
- If you cannot see clearly, pull over, keep your headlights and hazard lights on, and wait until the smoke clears.
🔥 BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR 🔥
- There is no fire currently
- Currently there has been more than 220 hectares burnt.
🚧 ROAD CLOSURES AND CONDITIONS 🚧
A number of roads have been closed including parts of:
- Holmes Street
Motorists are asked to avoid the area, reduce speed and drive carefully. Road information may also be available from Main Roads WA by visiting the Main Roads Travel Map, calling 138 138 or by contacting your Local Government Authority.
🚨 WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING 🚨
- Firefighters are patrolling the area and mopping up.
- 80 Bush Fire Service, Career Fire and Rescue Service and Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service firefighters are attending.
- Salvation Army, WA Police, State Emergency Service and St John Ambulance are also in attendance.
🚁 DRONES AND AERIAL SUPPORT 🚁
Never fly a drone, model aircraft or multirotor near bushfires. Doing so poses a major safety risk to firefighting personnel in the air and on the ground, and forces aircraft to be grounded or redirected, hindering firefighting efforts.
ℹ No further updates will be published to Facebook for this incident. For the latest information visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au
