Bushfires

SURVIVAL: means to stay alive.


We chose bushfires. We will need an emergency pack because we will have no access to food or water. Also our power lines will be cut off because the electricity poles are made of wood and can burn. Also we need an emergency pack to help us survive.

These are the 20 items our group chose to bring in our survival pack


1. water (pack)
2. Canned food
3. First aid kit
4. Shovel
5. Tarp
6. Torch
7. Blanket
8. Spare clothes
9. Closed in shoes
10. Asthma puffer
11. Tool box
12. Batteries
13. Seeds
14. Survival tip book
15. Compass
16. Head light
17. CPR book
18. Toilet paper
19. Soap
20. Oxygen mask


Our group then had to vote on which 10 items we were going to bring and why we were going to bring them

WATER (pack) – people need water so they don’t get dehydrated. Without water people will not survive. People also need water because after the bushfire all our water will be polluted with ash.

CANNED FOOD (pack) – people need food to maintain there energy. Without food people will of hunger. People also need food so they will not die.

FIRST AID KIT – people need a first aid kit so if they get injured they can heal there burns or cuts. Without a first aid kit people will not survive because if they get badly injured it will just get infected.


BLANKET – People need a blanket so they can stay warm. Without a blanket you will get very cold. If you get cold you may get very sick.


TARP – for shelter. So we can sleep well. If we get any rain we will be covered.

SHOVEL- So people can dig a hole so they can go to the toilet. If people don’t go to the toilet they can get very sick. If people go to the toilet on the ground all the germs will spread.


SPARE CLOTHES- so people will have spare clothes to wear. So people will have clean clothes to wear. So we can keep warm in the day.



ASTHMA PUFFER - if someone has asthma and their asthma puffer gets burned. That way we have a spare one for them. So they don’t have an asthma attack

SURVIVURL TIP BOOK- to give us tips so we can stay alive. So we know how to take care of our self. So we can survive during the fire.

HEAD LIGHT-so we can see at night. It will be hard for us to see without a headlight. So we can see clearly.

These are the stuff that we used to help make our kit.

Our survival pack where we stored our stuff was made of an A4 paper box.

Our water (pack) was made out of a sprite bottle which we cut it in half and put blue crapped paper inside of it.

Our canned food was made out of two toilet rolls that we wrapped together in masking tape and painted orange.

We made our first Aid kit out of a container and made a list of what was butter inside it.

We made our shovel out of toilet rolls for a handle and cardboard for the digging bit.

We made our tarp of brown cardboard and then we rolled it up so it will fit in the box.

Our blanket was made out of paper and then we glued cotton wool balls on it.

To make our spare cloths our group used cardboard then stuffed it with cotton wool balls.

To make our asthma puffer we used a toothpaste box and cut it up to form a puffer.

To make the tip book we folded 5 pieces of in half and stapled the side together to form a book.

Our headlight was made from a strip of cardboard and cotton wool balls stuck to the front and painted yellow.