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A man with grey hair and beard leans over bushfire bunker built into ground

"I ended up spending the night at work sleeping on the floor with my partner and my kids,"
Mr Katz said.

An image from the sky looking down on a home surrounded by trees and bushland

A fire bunker with metal trapdoor and vent in mound of grass.

"Under no circumstances are we to use the fire shelter, which is a bit disconcerting given the fire season coming upon us,"
he said.
A CFS firefighter stands next to a koala.

"If it's already been accredited in Victoria, it should be able to be used here."

Law expert Phillipa McCormack at Lenah Valley in Hobart.

A woman smiling at the camera.

"It's always best for people to have a bushfire survival plan, people should follow CFS advice and, where possible, they should leave these areas early."
A man in a suit and tie.

A man with grey hair and beard stands in front of his white family home.

"Unless the government can guarantee 100 per cent that I'll be safe if there was a bushfire coming up my property, up our driveway, I would like to be able to protect myself."
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