[talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread Andrew Harvey
I'm not sure what these are called or look like in other states, but in NSW they look like https://www.flickr.com/photos/136319147@N08/49324333543/ and they are operated by the NSW RFS. emergency=assembly_point seems like the best tag to use per the wiki https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:eme

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread adam steer
Hi Andrew In Vic these are only used as a last resort. Not sure if 'assembly point' translates to 'only come here if there are absolutely no other options, and this place might not be safe anyway'. See: https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/neighbourhood-safer-places There are also community f

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread Warin
On 04/01/20 13:18, adam steer wrote: Hi Andrew In Vic these are only used as a last resort. Not sure if 'assembly point' translates to 'only come here if there are absolutely no other options, and this place might not be safe anyway'. See: https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/neighbourhoo

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 12:21, adam steer wrote: > > In Vic these are only used as a last resort. Not sure if 'assembly point' > translates to 'only come here if there are absolutely no other options, and > this place might not be safe anyway'. > > > It seems that 'neighbourhood safer places' means

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-03 Thread David Wales
According to the NSW RFS: "Neighbourhood Safer Places are a place of last resort during a bush fire emergency. They are to be used when all other options in your bush fire survival plan can't be put into action safely." https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/neighbourhood-safer-places On

Re: [talk-au] Bush Fire Neighbourhood Safer Places

2020-01-04 Thread adam steer
Thanks David - seems all the eastern states speak the same language. So Andrew’s suggestion here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Bushfire_Places_of_last_resort ...looks good. Victoria CFA's wikidata entry is https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13632973 Cheers, and