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5. Treating Assets at Risk from Bush Fire

Treating Assets at Risk from Bush Fire

After identifying assets at risk from bush fire within a community, the next step is to develop treatment strategies to manage the bush fire risk and to determine the agency responsible for implementing these strategies.  

Treatment strategies can either be asset specific of BFMC wide. Asset specific treatments are developed to treat a designated asset or group of assets. These treatments have been grouped into six broad strategies:  

• Ignition management (e.g. fire tower and patrol activities, restricting access to land on days of high fire potential)
   
• Hazard reduction (e.g. burning, grazing, mechanical works)
   
• Community education (e.g. targeted community education programs)
   
• Property planning (e.g. developing emergency relocation plans, developing village protection plans, establishing community fireguard groups)
   
• Preparedness (e.g. constructing or maintaining fire trails)
   
• Other  

Each asset specific treatment within a BFRP identifies the name of the fire fighting authority/land manager/land owner who is responsible for implementing the treatment.  

BFMC wide treatments are activities which reduce the overall bush fire risk within the BFMC area and are undertaken on an ongoing basis as part of normal business. These treatments are not linked to specific assets in the BFRMP, rather they are applied across all or part of the BFMC area as designated by legislation or agency policy. Section 3.2 of the Model Bush Fire Management Plan provides examples of BFMC wide treatments.  

The Bush Fire Risk Management Planning Guidelines provide more detail on the process for identifying and assessing assets and can be accessed by clicking here.   

What Role Does Hazard Reduction Play?  
 

All landowners and managers are responsible for reducing hazards on their property – whether they have a small backyard, a large farm, a public park or a commercial premise.  

If you are concerned about bush fire hazards on your property, or the property adjacent to you, the RFS can provide advice regarding preparing your property against bush fires and what to do in the event of a bush fire. This advice is free and can be arranged by contacting your local Fire Control Centre and speaking with one of our officers. For further information on hazard reduction or if you have concerns about a bush fire hazard in your area, click here.

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