What would you do if a Bush fire was heading your way and was only 5 kilometres away?

Either find open ground and set up a back burn (not workable in many situations), or get to a cliff or similar bare face where the fire can't reach. I live near Yellowstone in the US, we've had our share of wildfires -- and some people who were fighting fires have found out the hard way that you do NOT head for water. It was a fast-flowing river, but shallow, and it boiled quickly.

Good question ... i've never seen a bush fire so not exactly sure how big and wide they are and how fast they travel ... but if all access points closed only then if I had a tractor or something to dig up the ground ... i'd try to create a safe zone by making the land bare, so nothing can carry the fire forward. If not enough time for that then find bare land, with a lot of stones or rocky kind of terrain. Hmmm ... not sure what else I would do...depends on the things I have around me maybe ... could use something to do something... if all else fails and the fire gets too close i'll bury my head in the ground and pretend nothing is happening.

:) will definitely go through your hub on this.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.