One of the most important decisions that you’ll have to make is where to install the Fire Shelter on your property. The important things to consider are; making sure it is away from buildings or structures that may potentially collapse over the exit making it hazardous to get out. If possible you want to place the Fire Shelter as near to the house as you can, yet keeping it far enough away to prevent any debris falling on top, this also includes keeping away from large trees where possible, and if not, clearing or trimming trees.

Underground is the best place for your Fire Shelter! A properly built and installed underground Fire Shelter is an excellent way to improve your chances for long term survival. Underground Fire Shelters are built with the utmost of care and with long term multi-hazard protection in mind no matter what scenario one would be preparing for. Modern heavy duty steel reinforced underground Fire Shelters are air tight and water tight.

As more information about the bushfires became available so too did amazing stories of survival, including people who had taken underground Fire Shelter in some sort of bunker. Professor Keith Crews of the University of Technology in Sydney believes that concrete underground Fire Shelters could help save lives. Crews says they would need to be around two meters underground, because above ground even reinforced concrete would be likely to explode in the ferocity of fires recently experienced. In an underground Fire Shelter the earth would act as an insulator from the heat, and there’s no fuel for the fire.

Professor Crews says that underground Fire Shelters could be the answer to protecting people from fires like those Victoria has just witnessed. "You would need something that is essentially underground because of the insulating quality of the earth," he said. "Obviously you would need something over the top of that that's quite well protected. "The next issue that I think you would have to consider is oxygen or air because when you get a fire storm like that it's got a tendency to suck up all the air that's there." Professor Crews says the earth would act as a natural insulator from the heat of the fire and the underground Fire Shelter would not need to be too deep. "The earth is a great insulator. Obviously you would have to give consideration to groundwater and all those issues, but I would assume that something like two to 2.5 metres, so essentially it was like a basement," he said.

Underground Fire Shelters could be the answer to protecting people from fires because of the insulating qualities for the earth. The earth is an excellent dielectric and setting the Fire Shelter at least 300mm underground offers multiple times the insulation factor and fire rating of the Concrete structure. Most bush fires sustain their maximum radiant heat for less than 30 -40 minutes providing the fire bunker is placed away form heavy growth. This means that the Fire Shelters cannot heat up excessively and you have plenty of air. The earth would act as a natural insulator from the heat of the fire and the underground Fire Shelter would not need to be too deep.


Underground Fire Shelters are designed and engineered to save you and your families life in the event of a bush fire. The reinforced concrete tanks have been developed over the last 22 years and represent the highest of build quality and structural integrity. Underground Fire Shelters are a purpose built Bush Fire Shelter that is professionally constructed from ultra high-grade high-density reinforced concrete employing components that are fully fire rated to 3 hours. Our commitment is to giving every country household the opportunity to have a safe haven for the family. Underground Fire Shelters are custom made and all major components are fire rated to Australian standards!

You will be ensured an extraordinarily effective safeguard against the radiant heat of bushfires, because underground Fire Shelters – is the best installation!