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Originally Posted by Sunfish
The article makes a good point about the increased risk in regional areas due to increased population. The ground is so dry everything is at risk. Perhaps insurance companies will require fire protection storage tanks and metal sprinkler systems.
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Here in the cyclone prone north, houses must be built to various categories (specifications) according to the risk. Council regulations deem that houses built on the wind-exposed, beach front need to be the strongest.
Do any Councils have anything like that for houses built in the more fire prone areas? For example, for a house in a rural setting, do they need fire resistant features like a tiled or cemented veranda rather than a wooden veranda that cinders can fall upon and set alight?