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Planned burning pilot project

Planned burning pilot project. Q7 Do you think your property is in a high or low risk area for bushfire?. Barriers to burning...a summary. The top 5 issues are: Risk of fire escapes Potential liability from fire escapes Access to good weather/forecast information Labour to manage the burn

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Planned burning pilot project

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  1. Planned burning pilot project

  2. Q7 Do you think your property is in a high or low risk area for bushfire?

  3. Barriers to burning...a summary The top 5 issues are: • Risk of fire escapes • Potential liability from fire escapes • Access to good weather/forecast information • Labour to manage the burn • Equipment to safely manage the burn

  4. The planned burning pilot project • Individual property fire management plans • Training workshop (the theory of planned burning) • Case study burns (the practice of planned burning) • The planned burning manual & written case studies

  5. Training workshops • Fire behaviour • Admin & legalities • Weather • Equipment • Lighting the burn • Safety • Regeneration & fire ecology • Assessing fuel hazard • After the burn

  6. Putting it into practice – Maitland case study burn

  7. Putting it into practice – Maitland case study burn

  8. Putting it into practice – Dorset Downs case study burn

  9. Putting it into practice – Dorset Downs case study burn

  10. The planned burning manual Two sections to manual • Planning for fire • Using fire Will be available mid-November on following websites: • www.nrmnorth.org.au • www.fire.tas.gov.au • PLCP (www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au) • www.macquariefranklin.com.au

  11. Thanks to Jon Marsden-Smedley & Bronnie Grieve (project team) Pilot farmers John Atkinson, Simon Foster, Allan and Carol Phillips Luke Rapley, Roger Bignell, Tim Gunn, Curt Nichols, Elizabeth Hall, Peter Sattler, Anne Williams and Stephen Phillips Technical Group Sandra Whight (State Fire Management Council), Mark Chladil, Steve Lowe and Ian Bounds (TFS), Rochelle Richards (FT), Tony Gee (TFGA), Tim Rudman and Louise Mendel (DPIPWE) and Garth Bennett (PWS)

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