Jamberoo Rural Fire Service are out and about today putting on an information session for Get Ready Weekend. 

Get Ready Weekend is a statewide event hosted by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) each September, firefighters provide valuable information and resources to prepare their communities for the upcoming bushfire season.

There's also plenty of fun for the kids as well!

Jamberoo RFS Brigade Captain Hannah McInerey wants Jamberoo families and residents to feel prepared ahead of fire season.

“Being prepared… takes the panic and chaos out of the situation. Preparing the home, having an idea of where [the fire] is likely to come from — north, south east or west, if it’s ember or bushfire, direct impact and road conditions.”

RFS firefighters responded to 6,220 grass and bushfires last year statewide.

The Jamberoo Rural Fire Service have information packs you can take home to begin the conversation with your family.

In the past eight weeks, the brigade has been busy responding to grass and bushfire jobs, as well as multi-agency jobs assisting other emergency services with rescues. 

“We have hit the ground running for the season, and had two total fire bans before the start of the fire season. That's a good indication that if we continue on the trajectory that we are, it’s going to be a busy season,” says Hannah.

Local fire fighters can work through how to prepare your home, how to access resources such as a water source, what to do with pets or to revise your existing plan for the upcoming season. 

Get Ready Weekend information and resources are still up at the Jamberoo Fire Station in Young Street, Jamberoo. Firefighters are around until 2 pm today to chat through your bushfire preparedness plan.