The best defence for this summer’s bushfires

<p>After three years of heavy rainfall, huge tracts of Australia are primed to burn this summer. </p><p>We’re being told to prepare for a hot and dry summer and the worst bushfire season since the Black Summer fires of 2019 and 2020. </p><p>So, how are communities in the line of fire preparing and who will come to help them in the height of a bushfire emergency? </p><p>Today, we speak to two home owners who have lived through catastrophic bushfires and are taking matters into their own hands. </p><p>Featured: </p><p>Steve Pascoe, Strathewen resident</p><p>Simon Geraghty, Wollombi Valley resident</p>