Pre-emptive (planned) school closure during the Bushfire Season
Geographe Primary School has been place on the Department of Education bushfire zone register as it is located in a designated bushfire risk area.
If a ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger rating has been declared for the City of Busselton, the school may be required to invoke a pre-emptive (planned) closure. A ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger rating poses a significant threat to the school as if a fire starts, it is likely to be uncontrollable, unpredictable and fast moving.
Parents will receive an email message to inform them of a possible Pre-emptive closure of the school.
The final decision to pre-emptively close the school will be confirmed with the principal no later than 4.30pm on the day before the pre-emptive closure. If the forecast changes after the 4.30pm deadline, the school remains closed to limit confusion within the school community.
Parents will receive an email message to either confirm or reverse a pre-emptive closure of the school.
Typically, schools will only be required to close for a day at a time. However, this will depend on changing weather conditions. Parents will receive an email message to advise if the school will reopen the day after the pre-emptive closure, or whether it will remain closed.
Parents are encouraged to monitor official bushfire information sources for current information about fire danger ratings:
1) Emergency WA website - https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/
2) Department of Fire and Emergency Services
Information line – 13 33 37
Twitter - https://twitter.com/dfes_wa
3) Local radio
If a ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger rating has been declared for the City of Busselton, the school may be required to invoke a pre-emptive (planned) closure. A ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger rating poses a significant threat to the school as if a fire starts, it is likely to be uncontrollable, unpredictable and fast moving.
Parents will receive an email message to inform them of a possible Pre-emptive closure of the school.
The final decision to pre-emptively close the school will be confirmed with the principal no later than 4.30pm on the day before the pre-emptive closure. If the forecast changes after the 4.30pm deadline, the school remains closed to limit confusion within the school community.
Parents will receive an email message to either confirm or reverse a pre-emptive closure of the school.
Typically, schools will only be required to close for a day at a time. However, this will depend on changing weather conditions. Parents will receive an email message to advise if the school will reopen the day after the pre-emptive closure, or whether it will remain closed.
Parents are encouraged to monitor official bushfire information sources for current information about fire danger ratings:
1) Emergency WA website - https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/
2) Department of Fire and Emergency Services
Information line – 13 33 37
Twitter - https://twitter.com/dfes_wa
3) Local radio
- ABC Emergency WA
- ABC local radio
- 6PR