Former Rural Fire Service volunteer urges locals to have clothes that are up for the fight, and to formulate a bushfire survival plan for their household

By David Stewart
Updated January 24 2020 - 3:45pm, first published 1:00pm
EXIT STRATEGY: Bruce Talbot said locals near bushland should think about the route they'd take if fleeing a bushfire. Picture: David Stewart
EXIT STRATEGY: Bruce Talbot said locals near bushland should think about the route they'd take if fleeing a bushfire. Picture: David Stewart

IT'S an image that seems to recur in newspapers every summer.

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