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Lower Hunter Bush Fire Management Committee Bush Fire Risk Management Plan Prepared by the Lower Hunter Bush Fire Management Committee Pursuant to section 52 of the Rural Fires Act 1997

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Lower Hunter Bush Fire Management Committee

Bush Fire Risk Management Plan

Prepared by the Lower Hunter Bush Fire

Management Committee

Pursuant to section 52 of the Rural Fires Act 1997

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Amendment List

Amendment Entered

Number Date Signature Date

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Glossary

Assets: Anything valued by the community which includes houses, crops, heritage buildings and places, infrastructure, the environment, businesses, and forests, that may be at risk from bush fire.

BRIMS: Bushfire Risk Information System, an integrated web based application for bush fire risk management in New South Wales.

Bush Fire: A general term used to describe fire in vegetation, including grass fire.

Bush Fire Hazard: The potential severity of a bush fire, which is determined by fuel load, fuel arrangement and topography under a given climatic condition.

Bush Fire Risk: The chance of a bush fire igniting, spreading and causing damage to the community or the assets they value.

Bush Fire Risk Management: A systematic process that identifies assets, assesses assets and provides a range of treatments which contribute to the well being of communities and the environment, which suffer the adverse effects of wildfire/bush fire.

Bush Fire Threat: Potential bush fire exposure of an asset due to the proximity and type of a hazard and the slope on which the hazard is situated.

Consequence: Outcome or impact of a bush fire event.

Display Areas: Geographic areas determined by the Bush Fire Management Committee which are used to provide a suitable scale for community participation and mapping display purposes.

Fire Fighting Authorities: The NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW Fire Brigades, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and Forests NSW.

Incendiarism: Arson; malicious burning to destroy property.

Likelihood: The chance of a bush fire igniting and spreading.

Major Bush Fire: A bush fire which requires the attendance of multiple brigades, or causes damage to property or injury to one or more persons.

Minimum Fire Threshold: Minimal time limit of a fire interval recommended for each vegetation type to support ecologically sustainable fire management. Aims to ensure that fire intervals are long enough to let vulnerable species grow to maturity and set seed.

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Recovery costs: The capacity of an asset to recover from the impacts of a bush fire. This includes costs associated with the economy, time and resources.

Risk Acceptance: An informed decision to accept the consequences and the likelihood of a particular risk.

Risk Analysis: A systematic process to understand the nature of, and to reduce the level of risk.

Risk Assessment: The overall process of risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation.

Risk Identification: The process of determining what, where, when, why and how something could happen.

Risk Treatment: The process of selection and implementation of measures to modify risk.

Vulnerability: The susceptibility of an asset to the impacts of bush fire.

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Abbreviations

APZ: Asset Protection Zone

BFCC: Bush Fire Coordinating Committee

BFMC: Bush Fire Management Committee

BFRMP: Bush Fire Risk Management Plan

BRIMS: Bushfire Risk Information Management System

ESD: Ecologically Sustainable Development

LEP: Local Environment Plan

LGA: Local Government Area

LMZ: Land Management Zone

NPWS: National Parks and Wildlife Service

RFS: Rural Fire Service

SFAZ: Strategic Fire Advantage Zone

SFP: Special Fire Protection

FEZ: Fire Exclusion Zone

REF: Review of Environmental Factors

OFH: Overall Fuel Hazard

EEC: Endangered Ecological Community

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Table of Contents

Glossary 4Chapter 1. Introduction 8

1.1 Background 81.2 Aim and objectives 91.3 Description of the Lower Hunter BFMC area 10

1.3.1 Location and land tenure 101.3.2 Climate and bush fire season 111.3.3 Population 121.3.4 History of bush fire frequency and ignition cause 12

Chapter 2. Identifying and assessing the bush fire risk 142.1 Process 142.2 Communication and consultation 142.3 Identifying the bush fire risk 15

2.3.1 Assets 152.3.2 Assessing the bush fire risk – consequence 162.3.3 Assessing the bush fire risk – likelihood 172.3.4 Identifying the level of risk 182.3.5 Evaluating the bush fire risk 182.3.6 Prioritising treatments 182.3.7 Risk acceptability 18

Chapter 3. Treating the risk 193.1 Bush Fire Management Zones 193.2 BFMC wide treatments 213.3 Asset Specific Treatments 253.4 Fire thresholds 263.5 Annual Works Programs 273.6 Implementation 27

Chapter 4. Performance monitoring and reviewing 284.1 Review 284.2 Monitoring 284.3 Reporting 28

Appendix 1. Communications Strategy 29Appendix 2. Asset and Treatment Register 29Appendix 3. Maps 29Implementation Plan 41

List of TablesTable 1.3.1 Land Managers 11Table 3.1.1 Bush Fire Management Zones: Purpose, objectives and characteristics 20 Table 3.3.1. Asset Specific Treatments in Lower Hunter BFMC area. 25 Table 3.4.1 Fire Thresholds for Vegetation Categories 206

List of FiguresFigure 1.3.1 Location map of Lower Hunter Bush Fire Management Committee Area 141Figure 2.1.1 Overview of the risk assessment process 14

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Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Background

Under the Rural Fires Act (1997) the Bush Fire Coordinating Committee

(BFCC) must constitute a Bush Fire Management Committee (BFMC) for

each area in the State which is subject to the risk of bush fires. Each BFMC is

required to prepare and submit to the BFCC a Bush Fire Risk Management

Plan (BFRMP).

A BFRMP is a strategic document which identifies community assets at risk

and sets out a five year program of coordinated, multi-agency treatments to

reduce the risk of bush fire to these assets. Treatments may include such

things as hazard reduction (including burning), grazing, community education,

fire trail maintenance and establishing FireWise Communities.

All owners and land managers (both public and private) have a duty to prevent

the occurrence and spread of bush fires on or from their land. This

responsibility is legislated under Section 63 of the Rural Fires Act 1997.

Annual programs to implement the treatments identified in this plan will be

undertaken by the relevant land managers and fire fighting authorities.

In exercising its functions under the Rural Fires Act 1997, including the

preparation of a bush fire risk management plan, the Lower Hunter BFMC is

required to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable

development (ESD). These principles include the precautionary principle in

relation to the interpretation of scientific advice, multi-generational equity

which seeks to ensure future generations have full access to natural

resources, the conservation of biodiversity and ecological processes and the

recognition of the value of natural resources.

This document and the accompanying maps together form the Bush Fire Risk

Management Plan for the Lower Hunter BFMC area.

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Under the Rural Fires Act 1997 this BFRMP must be reviewed and updated

within each successive five-year period from the constitution of the BFMC.

The Lower Hunter BFMC will also review this plan as necessary. This may be

triggered by a range of circumstances including, but not limited to:

1.2 Aim and objectives

The aim of this BFRMP is to:

� Minimise the risk of adverse impact from bush fires on life, property and

the environment.

The objectives of this BFRMP are to:

� reduce the number of human-induced bush fire ignitions that cause

damage to life, property and the environment;

� manage fuel to reduce the rate of spread and intensity of bush fires, while

minimising environmental/ecological impacts;

� reduce the community’s vulnerability to bush fires by improving its

preparedness; and

� Effectively contain fires with a potential to cause damage to life, property

and the environment.

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1.3 Description of the Lower Hunter BFMC area

1.3.1 Location and land tenure

The Lower Hunter BFMC area is located to the north of Newcastle and

Maitland New South Wales and includes the Local Government Areas of

Dungog and Port Stephens.

Figure 1.3.1: Location map of Lower Hunter Bush Fire Management Committee Area.

The area covered by the Lower Hunter BFMC is 322600 hectares. Land

managers are identified in Table 1.3.1.

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Table 1.3.1 Land Managers

Land Managers National Parks & Wildlife ServiceForests NSW Department of LandsLocal Government CommonwealthStatePrivate

Rural Fire District: 318000 ha 98.57 % of total plan area

NSW Fire District 4600 ha 1.43 % of total plan area

1.3.2 Climate and bush fire season

The typical / average climate in the Lower Hunter BFMC area is warm

subtropical with the higher altitude areas tending toward warm temperate and

the bush fire season generally runs from October to March.

Prevailing weather conditions associated with the bush fire season in the

Lower Hunter BFMC area are north-westerly winds accompanied by high

daytime temperatures and low relative humidity. There are also frequently dry

lightning storms in the western areas occurring during the bush fire season.

Hazard reduction burning is usually conducted during the cooler months,

between March-October, but may be extended beyond this period if desirable

conditions exist. Desirable weather conditions for prescribed burning include

high humidity and low temperatures which are common to this period in the

year.

Smoke attributed to bush fire can have a major impact on various

infrastructures, facilities and the environment. These include major

transportation routes for road and rail, ventilation shafts for mines, tourism

operations, urban interface areas and the hospitals, Wind direction, fuel

moisture contents and lighting techniques are considered and managed to

reduce the likelihood of smoke issues.

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1.3.3 Population

The population of the Lower Hunter BFMC area is approximately 71995

people. The major population centres are Raymond Terrace, the Tomaree

Peninsula, Medowie, Dungog, Clarence Town and Paterson. The following

issues have been identified within the Lower Hunter BFMC area as potentially

impacting on the ability of certain sections of the community to prepare

themselves for bush fire: seasonal population changes due to high tourism

areas, high numbers of property owners travelling out of the area to work,

increasing numbers of new residents with little or no previous experience with

fire.

1.3.4 History of bush fire frequency and ignition cause

The Lower Hunter BFMC area has on average 200 bush fires per year, of

which 3 on average can be considered to be major fires.

The main sources of ignition in the Lower Hunter BFMC area are:

� Escapes from burning off

� Arson

� Arcing power lines

Fires generally travel in an easterly direction under the influence of westerly

winds. Southerly and/or easterly weather changes also have the potential to

intensify wildfire.

Preventing the ignition of bush fires by human activities, particularly on days

when severe weather conditions prevail, is an important strategy for managing

bush fires. To put effective ignition management programs in place, it is

important to understand the patterns and major sources of ignition in the area.

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The major ignition causes in the Lower Hunter area are:

� Arson- is on the increase and is common mainly in high visitation areas,

and during school holidays. During summer months the population

increases due to tourism and this, combined with significant urban growth,

is a possible contributing factor.

� Car dumping- dumping of cars and setting them alight is one of the major

ignition sources in the Lower Hunter particularly in urban interface and

bushland areas.

� Electrical power lines- arcing of high voltage electrical power lines in high

winds, can result in the ignition of fire.

� Escapes from legal burning- mainly in rural areas of the BFMC, occurring

in similar areas to illegal burning activity. This activity is also largely in mid

to late spring.

� Illegal burning activities- mainly concentrated, but not limited to, rural areas

and occur generally from mid to late spring.

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Chapter 2. Identifying and assessing the bush fire risk

2.1 Process

The Australia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4360: 2004 Risk Management

is used as the basis for the risk assessment process. See figure 2.1.1 for the

steps involved. For a detailed description of the process undertaken see the

Bush Fire Risk Management Planning Guidelines for Bush Fire Management

Committees on the RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

Figure 2.1.1 Overview of the risk assessment process

2.2 Communication and consultation

Community participation is an integral part of risk management. See

Appendix 1 for the community participation strategy used by the Lower Hunter

BFMC in preparing this BFRMP.

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2.3 Identifying the bush fire risk

Identifying the level of bush fire risk involves firstly identifying the assets

considered important by the community in the Lower Hunter BFMC area, and

then identifying the threat to the assets. This involves consideration of fuel

(vegetation type and arrangement), slope, separation (the distance between

the asset and the fuel), the vulnerability or resilience of the asset, and the

likelihood and consequences of a bush fire impacting on these assets.

2.3.1 Assets

Assets requiring bush fire risk assessment within the Lower Hunter BFMC

were identified by agency staff and community members including RFS

volunteers.

See Appendix 2 for the full list of assets identified in the Lower Hunter BFMC

area. See Maps 1- 5 (Appendix 3) for the location of assets to be treated

under this BFRMP.

The assets are divided into four types:

1. Human settlement� residential areas including urban bushland interface areas and rural

properties;

� Special Fire Protection areas including schools, hospitals, nursing

homes, and tourist facilities; and

� Commercial areas where distinct from major towns.

2. Economic

� agricultural: Dairy farms, orchards, major silos, cropping/grazing land;

� commercial/industrial: Major industries, waste treatment plants,

sawmills;

� infrastructure: Large power lines, gas and oil pipelines, railway lines,

power stations, electricity substations, communication facilities;

� tourist and recreational: Eco-tourist facilities, resorts, retreats;

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� coal mines and hard rock quarries, including power infrastructure,

ventilation shafts and transport routes; and

� Drinking water catchments.

3. Environmental� threatened species, populations and ecological communities; and

� Regionally significant species and ecological communities, such

as species and ecological communities especially sensitive to fire.

4. Cultural� places of Aboriginal significance;

� non-indigenous heritage – places and items arising from the early

occupation of NSW by European or other non indigenous settlers; and

� Other cultural assets – lookouts and other tourist attractions,

community halls, clubs and recreational facilities.

2.3.2 Assessing the bush fire risk – consequence Once the assets are identified the consequence of a bush fire impacting on

these assets is assessed. The different asset types have different assessment

processes used to determine the consequence.

Human settlementA potential fire behaviour model using vegetation (fuel load), slope and

separation distance is used to produce a threat rating for human settlement

assets. The vulnerability of the community to a bush fire is also assessed and

ratings assigned. These ratings are then used to assess the consequence of a

bush fire impacting upon these assets.

Special Fire Protection (SFP) assets are considered inherently more

vulnerable to bush fire due to mobility, capacity, knowledge or other issues

relating to their inhabitants, (e.g. the elderly, infirm, children or tourists) and

therefore have stricter requirements for vulnerability assessment and rating.

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EconomicThe level of economic impact e.g. local, regional or national/state, as well as

the economic resilience i.e. how quickly and easily a financial recovery will be,

of the asset is identified. These ratings are used to assess the consequence

of a bush fire impacting upon these assets.

EnvironmentalEnvironmental assets with known minimum fire threshold were assessed to

determine if they were at risk of a bush fire within the 5 year life of the BFRMP

using fire history data. Those environmental assets which were within or

above the fire threshold were not assessed in the BFRMP, as the negative

impact of a fire within the 5 year period was determined as being low and may

even be of benefit to the asset and surrounding habitat.

The vulnerability of an environmental asset was determined by its

conservation status and its geographic extent (distribution across the

landscape). Vulnerability and potential impact of bush fire were used to

assess the consequence of a bush fire impacting upon an environmental

asset.

CulturalFor non-indigenous historical, Aboriginal and other cultural assets a potential

fire behaviour model using fuel load, slope and proximity was used to produce

a threat rating. The physical vulnerability of the asset to a bush fire was also

assessed. These ratings were then used to assess the consequence of a

bush fire impacting upon a cultural asset.

2.3.3 Assessing the bush fire risk – likelihood For all asset types the likelihood of a bush fire occurring was assessed. This

involves considering fire history, including ignition cause and patterns, known

fire paths, access, containment potential and potential fire run (size of the

vegetated area). See Appendix 2 for the likelihood ratings assigned to each

asset identified in the Lower Hunter BFMC area.

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2.3.4 Identifying the level of risk The consequence and likelihood ratings were then used to identify the level of

risk. See Appendix 2 for the risk ratings assigned to each asset identified in

the Lower Hunter BFMC area.

2.3.5 Evaluating the bush fire risk Once the risk ratings for each asset are identified, they were evaluated to:

a) ensure that they reflect the relative seriousness of the bush fire risk to

the asset;

b) identify which assets require treatment; and

c) Identify treatment priorities.

2.3.6 Prioritising treatments No organisation has limitless resources to deal with adverse risk. It is

therefore necessary to define priorities. The bush fire risk ratings determined

were used to prioritise the risk treatments, i.e. areas of extreme risk were

considered first for treatment, then very high, then high then medium then low.

It was also necessary to prioritise within the risk levels i.e. determining which

of the high risks was the most serious. This was done on the basis of the

consequence and likelihood ratings.

2.3.7 Risk acceptability Risks below a certain level were assessed as not requiring treatment within

the life of this plan. This is due to a combination of risk priority and capacity to

undertake the works. Within the Lower Hunter BFMC area the level of

acceptability is Medium. Areas of medium or low risk are likely to be managed

by BFMC wide treatments and so do not require a specific application of

resources. Risks will be prioritised from extreme, very high then high. The

BFMC has accepted the risk to Aboriginal Assets of moderate and high

vulnerability due to the likelihood that some Aboriginal sites may risk damage

from mitigation works as a result of the sensitive nature of sites, vulnerability

to disturbance, location and accessibility. Where treatments are not specified

the BFMC considers that BFMC wide treatments in addition to general

scheduled treatments such as prescription burns and fire trail network

maintenance are likely to contribute toward the reduction of risk to these

assets”.

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Chapter 3. Treating the risk

3.1 Bush Fire Management Zones

Bush Fire Management Zones were identified within the Lower Hunter BFMC

area and mapped (see maps 1-5). These zones identify the fire management

intent for a specific area. See Table 3.1.1 for descriptions of the zones and

their purposes. The four categories of Bush Fire Management Zones are:

� Asset Protection Zone (APZ);

� Strategic Fire Advantage Zone (SFAZ);

� Land Management Zone (LMZ); and

� Fire Exclusion Zone (FEZ).

Some of these zones (usually Land Management Zones) may be further

classified within this category by the land manager, e.g. LMZ - Heritage

Management Zone (NPWS).

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Table 3.1.1 Bush Fire Management Zones: Purpose, objectives and characteristics

Zone Purpose Suppression Objective(s) Zone characteristicsAsset Protection Zone

To protect human life, property and highly valued public assets and values.

To enable the safe use of Direct Attack suppression strategies within the zone. To minimise bush fire impacts on undefended assets.

As per RFS document Standards for Asset Protection Zones.

StrategicFireAdvantage Zone

To provide strategic areas of fire protection advantage which will reduce the speed and intensity of bush fires, and reduce the potential for spot fire development.

To enable the safe use of Parallel Attack suppression strategies within the zone. To enable the safe use of Indirect Attack (back burning) in high to very high fire weather conditions within the zone. To prevent crown fire development within the zone. To minimise spot fire ignition potential from the zone.

Zone width related to suppression objectives and dependant upon: � Topography � Aspect � Spotting propensity � Location of adjacent

firebreaks � Mosaic pattern of

treatmentAssess Overall Fuel Hazard (OFH) once vegetation communities reach minimum fire thresholds within this plan.Management practices should aim to achieve mosaic fuel reduction patterns so that the majority of the SFAZ has an OFH of less than high.

LandManagement Zone

To meet relevant land management objectives in areas where APZs or SFAZs are not appropriate.

As per the land management and fire protection objectives of the responsible land management agency. To reduce the likelihood of spread of fires. To undertake mosaic burning

As appropriate to achieve land management e.g. heritage and/or fire protection e.g. broad scale mosaic burning objectives.

FireExclusionZone

To exclude bush fires.

N/A Variable dependant on size of fire sensitive area requiring protection.

Note: OFH refers the Overall Fuel Hazard Guide as described in the

document published by (Dept. of Sustainability and Environment 3rd ed. 1999

& NPWS version); State-wide procedures for assessment of fuel hazard will

be developed in conjunction with the BFCC.

Note: All areas that are not mapped or described as APZs or SFAZs are

considered as LMZs.

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For the purpose of the Bush Fire Environmental Assessment Code: 1. Plantations that are approved under the Plantations & Reafforestation

Act 1999 after closure of the public exhibition period for this BFRMP

are considered to be identified in this BFRMP; and

2. Retained vegetation within the aforementioned plantations is

considered to be a Strategic Fire Advantage Zone identified in the text

of this BFRMP as long as it meets the suppression objectives for

SFAZs included in the BFRMP, and is not mapped or otherwise

described as a Fire Exclusion Zone in the BFRMP.

3.2 BFMC wide treatments 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, rather

they are applied across all or part of the BFMC area as designated by

legislation or agency policy. BFMC wide treatments include the following:

� Reviewing the bush fire prone land map

These maps categorise vegetation into two categories of bush fire prone

land plus a 100m or 30m buffer around the vegetation. This map is used

as a trigger mechanism to determine whether a development application is

assessed using Planning for Bush Fire Protection1.

� Ensuring developments in bush fire prone land comply with Planning for Bush Fire Protection 1

This assessment process requires new applications for development to

include certain fire resistance measures as well as cleared Asset

Protection Zones (APZs).

1 NSW Rural Fire Service 2006 Planning for Bush Fire Protection: A guide for councils, planners, fire authorities and developers.

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� Environmental and Cultural Heritage protectionModification of natural vegetated areas is assessed for environmental

impact using the ‘Bushfire Environmental Assessment Code’ or other

relevant legislations as required.

� Using the Local Environment Plan/s (LEPs) to control developments in areas with a bush fire risk

LEPs can be used to exclude development in areas where for example,

adequate APZs cannot be incorporated due to the topography of the land,

or access is not adequate.

� Varying the standard bush fire danger period as required

In years were the weather is particularly bad the bush fire danger period

may be brought in early or extended, this is assessed every year by the

BFMC. The standard bush fire danger period in the Lower Hunter BFMC

area is 1st October to 31st March.

� Requiring fire safety permits during the bush fire danger period

In the bush fire danger period a fire safety permit is required to light a fire

in the open. These permits specify conditions such as fire fighting

equipment that must be on site, or weather conditions during which fires

cannot be lit.

� Prosecution of arsonists/offenders

Under the Rural Fires Act 1997 persons may be prosecuted for breaching

the conditions on a fire permit, i.e. lighting a fire during a Total Fire Ban,

allowing fire to escape their property, or other breaches of the Act.

� Investigation of bush fire cause

All bush fires which are considered suspicious are investigated to identify

how they started. The Lower Hunter will have this data recorded under the

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Hunter Arson Reduction Taskforce (HART) program or future programs as

developed.

� Normal fire suppression activities

Responding to bush fire is a normal business activity for the fire fighting

authorities.

� Assessing and managing compliance with strategic fire fighting resource allocation provisions

Strategic fire fighting resource allocation is the process used to identify the

number of stations, brigades and appliances required in an area, and

consider members, training, assets and hazards.

� Preparation of a S52 Operations Coordination Plan

The Operations Coordination Plan is prepared biannually and sets out how

coordinated fire fighting will occur, as well as specific operational

restrictions on fire fighting techniques in certain areas, where fires will be

managed from and how agencies involved can communicate during

operations.

� Fire Management Plans or Plans of Management

Some land management agencies have developed Fire Management

Plans or Plans of Management with specific fire or fuel management

strategies, for example a Forests NSW Regional Fuel Management Risk

Plan, a NPWS Fire Management Strategy. These publicly exhibited plans

form the basis for operational fire planning on public parks, reserves and

forests.

� Bush fire hazard complaints

If someone is concerned about possible bush fire hazards on a

neighbouring property or any other land, then this can be reported to the

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RFS Commissioner or the local RFS Fire Control Centre. The complaint

will be investigated and may result in a notice being issued to the

landowner or manager to reduce the hazard.

� Fire trail register

Bush Fire Management Committees must regularly maintain and update a

Fire Trail Register for their area of responsibility. Fire Trail registers record

information for administrative, planning and operational purposes including

location, strategic value and vehicle carrying capacity. Fire trail registers

are to be created and maintained in BRIMS and are to be in accordance

with the BFCC policy 2/2007

A fire trail register will consist of data and maps for easy identification of

the trail, any changes will be submitted to the Lower Hunter BFMC for

consideration. Fire trails will be inspected and maintained as required to

reduce risk and assist in fire fighting.

� Community Awareness

Community Awareness strategies such as signs in reserves and asset

protection zones or displays at local functions.

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3.3 Asset Specific Treatments There are five broad strategy groups available to treat the bush fire risk to

assets identified in the BFRMP.

The types of asset specific treatments in each strategy group used in the

Lower Hunter BFMC area are listed below. A full list of the treatment

strategies in the Lower Hunter BFMC area are in the Appendix 2.

Table 3.3.1 Asset specific treatments used in the Lower Hunter BFMC area

Strategy Targeted treatments used in the Lower Hunter BFMC area IgnitionManagement

Identify hot spots with fire investigation Erect gates and signage and keep gates locked

HazardReduction

Plan and implement LMZ mosaic burns Inspect APZ and maintain as required Inspect SFAZ and treat when required Manage fuel as per Vegetation Management Plan Develop NPWS Reserve Fire Management Strategy Undertake general site maintenance annually

CommunityEducation/Engagement

Plan and implement FireWise program Community Liaison as per Community Safety Plan

PropertyPlanning

Investigate need and implement Pre Incident Plan as required Develop plantation fire protection plan Investigate need for CFU locations

Preparedness Undertake routine maintenance of fire trailsInspect access trail and maintain as required Inspect fire break and maintain as required Train staff to implement Pre Incident Plan

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3.4 Fire thresholds The vegetation in the Lower Hunter BFMC area was classified in the

LHCCREMS review and fire threshold categories will be mapped in the future.

Table 3.4.1 Fire Thresholds for Vegetation Categories

Vegetation formation

MinimumSFAZ

Threshold (Years)

MinimumLMZ

Threshold (Years)

MaximumThreshold

(Years) Notes

Rainforest NA NA NA Fire should be avoided.

Alpine complex NA NA NA Fire should be avoided.

Wet Sclerophyll forest (shrubby subformation)

25 30 60 Crown fires should be avoided in the lower end of the interval range.

Wet Sclerophyll forest (grassy subformation)

10 15 50 Crown fires should be avoided in the lower end of the interval range.

Grassy woodland 5 8 40

Minimum interval of 10 years should apply in the southern Tablelands area. Occasional intervals greater then 15 years may be desirable.

Grassland 2 3 10

Occasional intervals greater than 7 years should be included in coastal areas. There was insufficient data to give a maximum interval; available evidence indicates maximum intervals should be approximately 10 years.

Dry sclerophyll forest (shrub/grass subformation)

5 8 50 Occasional intervals greater than 25 years may be desirable.

Dry sclerophyll forest (shrub subformation)

7 10 30 Occasional intervals greater than 25 years may be desirable.

Heathlands 7 10 30 Occasional intervals greater than 20 years may be desirable.

Freshwater wetlands 6 10 35

Occasional intervals greater than 30 years may be desirable.

Forested wetlands 7 10 35 Some intervals greater than 20 years may be desirable.

Saline wetlands NA NA NA Fire should be avoided.

Semi-arid woodlands (grassy subformation)

6 9 No Max Not enough data for a maximum fire interval.

Semi-arid 10 15 No Max Not enough data for a

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woodlands (shrubby subformation)

maximum fire interval.

Arid shrublands (chenopod subformation

NA NA NA Fire should be avoided.

Arid shrublands (acacia subformation)

10 15 No Max Not enough data for a maximum fire interval.

3.5 Annual Works Programs The land management agencies and fire fighting authorities responsible for

implementing the treatments identified in this plan will include those

treatments in their annual works programs detailing how, when, and where the

required activities will be undertaken.

3.6 Implementation When the treatments identified in this BFRMP are implemented there are a

number of issues that need to be considered by the responsible agency/land

manager including environmental assessments and approvals, and smoke

management.

� Environmental assessment Hazard reduction works usually require an environmental assessment to

be undertaken prior to the commencement of the works. The Bush Fire

Environmental Assessment Code, where applicable, is the simplest form of

environmental assessment for hazard reduction works. This sets out

available works and minimum fire thresholds for each zone type, as well as

considering threatened species, cultural heritage, and soil and erosion

issues. In the event that the proposed activity is outside of the guidelines

of the Bush Fire Environmental Assessment Code then a Review of

Environmental Factors (REF) or other relevant approvals need to be

undertaken.

� SmokeThe BFCC has issued a policy on smoke management, BFCC Policy 3-01

Bushfire Smoke Management. This policy requires identified smoke issues

to be managed through a prescribed burn plan, and where required traffic

management plans, prior to work being undertaken.

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Chapter 4. Performance monitoring and reviewing

4.1 Review Under the Rural Fires Act 1997 this BFRMP must be reviewed and updated

within each successive five-year period from the constitution of the BFMC.

The Lower Hunter BFMC will also review this plan as necessary. This may be

triggered by a range of circumstances including, but not limited to:

� changes to the BFMC area, organisational responsibilities or legislation;

� changes to the bush fire risk in the area; or

� Following a major fire event.

4.2 Monitoring The BFMC is required to monitor progress towards the completion of

treatment works listed in the BFRMP, and the timeliness of the works.

Progress against the plan should be reported via Bushfire Risk Information

Management System (BRIMS), a database used by most agencies involved in

fire management in NSW, where applicable, by the responsible agencies or

by submission of a works report at the BFMC meetings.

4.3 Reporting The BFMC is required to report annually to the BFCC on its progress in

implementing the bush fire risk management activities identified in this Plan.

Much of this reporting is now automated through BRIMS. State wide reporting

requirements are legislated.

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Appendices

Appendix 1. Communications Strategy

Appendix 2. Asset and Treatment Register

Appendix 3. Maps

Map Number Map Title

1 Tomaree Map Display Areas

2 Tilligerry Map Display Areas

3 Fullerton Map Display Areas

4 Williams Map Display Areas

5 Dungog Map Display Areas

Fire Frequency - Under review

Time Since Fire - Under

review

Fire Threshold - Under review

Vegetation Categories - Under

review

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LOWER HUNTER BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BRIEF

Prepared by Lower Hunter BFRMP Sub Committee

2008

Background One of the primary responsibilities of the Bush Fire Management Committee

(BFMC) is to prepare a Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) for their

area and to review this plan within each successive 5 year period (section 52

of the Rural Fires Act 1997).

As a result of recent changes to legislation, amalgamations of Local

Government areas and BFMCs in the state, and issues raised by various

stakeholders, a review of the bush fire risk management planning process has

been undertaken.

Bush fire risk management planning is a strategic level process which, when

undertaken correctly, provides greater protection for the community through a

coordinated and cooperative landscape approach to risk reduction. It sets the

direction for all bush fire risk management programs, i.e. notified steps,

undertaken within an area including an annual works program designed to

manage specific hazard reduction works.

Broad community participation throughout the planning process is the best

way to provide the community with a sense of awareness and ownership of

both the risk and the appropriate risk management strategies.

Emergency Risk Management applies these principles to provide a systematic

and disciplined decision-making process, as well as a common language

across all organisations and within the community, in the approach to dealing

with emergencies.

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Main elements of the risk management process The five main steps in the risk management process, as shown in figure 2.1.1

are integral to the bush fire risk management planning process set out in

these guidelines. These are:

1. Establish the context

The committee needs to gain a clear understanding of and agreement on the

nature and scope of the issues to be solved, and identify a framework in which

the process will be undertaken before the planning process has begun. This

comprises Section one of the Plan.

2. Identify the risks

The next step in the process involves describing the nature and scope of the

(bush fire) hazards, i.e. the community and the environment within which the

bush fire risks occur. This comprises Section two of the Plan.

3. Analyse risks

Once the risks have been identified, they need to be analysed by identifying

the level of vulnerability of the community and /or environment to the hazards.

This step involves assessing the likelihood and consequences which then

determine the level of risk. This forms part of Section three of the Plan.

4. Evaluate risks

The risks identified in the previous steps are then prioritised, and the levels of

acceptability for each risk are determined. This forms part of Section three of

the Plan.

5. Treat risks

Specific cost effective risk treatment options (strategies) and associated

action plans are developed to reduce the risks to the previously identified

acceptable levels. This comprises Section four of the Plan.

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Engagement in the process The Bushfire Management Committee (BFMC) understands that in the

preparation of any Plan, initial community engagement is essential.

Community engagement at the initial stages of any project has enormous

benefits to the community and the outcome of the project.

The aim of this community engagement is to obtain information that will

primarily form the Risk Management Plan. The challenge for the Risk

Management Plan is to unify the diverse views of stakeholders and develop a

range of measures and strategies that address the requirements of the

department.

Study area The Study Area includes the two Local Government Areas comprising of:

� Dungog; and

� Port Stephens

Project objectives The primary outcome of this project will be to articulate views and aspirations

of the community, government and businesses so that they can assist in the

preparation of a Bush Fire Risk Management Plan. The Risk Management

Plan will provide the necessary framework to ensure greater protection for the

community through a coordinated and cooperative landscape approach to risk

reduction.

PurposeIn broader terms the consultation will aim to:

� Ensure that specific and targeted communication occurs between the

BFMC and the community throughout the development of Bush Fire

Risk Management Plan (BFRMP).

� Ensure prominent stakeholders do not make judgements of the

acceptability of a risk based on their own perception of risk.

� Provide greater opportunity for local brigades, land holders and other

stakeholders to have input into the bush fire risk management process.

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� Determine the concerns of the community regarding bush fire risks

within the community.

� Ensure that the community’s perceptions of risk, as well as their

perceptions of benefits, be identified, understood, documented and

addressed in the BFRMP.

� Improve community confidence in bush fire risk management across

the landscape and provide the community with a sense of ownership of

the BFRMP.

� Educate the community regarding bush fire risk management in the

area so that they can contribute towards risk reduction.

The Bush Fire Risk Management Plan The structure of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) will comprise

the following sections:

Preliminary pages – Authorisation page, Executive Summary, Glossary.

1. Introduction – Sets out the context. The bulk of this information will

be provided to the committee, and will most likely be incorporated into

a background document for reference, with only the most pertinent

facts included in the actual BFRMP.

2. Risk identification – Assets and hazards, which will most likely be

captured by way of maps and data layers. The amount of text included

in the actual BFRMP will be minimised, and the related collection of

data informing this section will be documented as an appendix, to

streamline the BFRMP itself whilst still retaining all relevant information

for audit purposes.

3. Risk assessment – Minimal description of key risk areas. As for

section 2, all related data collected and processes undertaken to

complete the risk register will be documented and included as an

appendix.

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4. Risk treatment – Local works program to be identified i.e. what, how,

when, where and who. The resulting table will be included in the

BFRMP, with specific agency/land manager Annual Schedules of

Works, and all background information included as appendices.

5. Monitor –Table of state-wide performance measures.

6. Appendices

According to the guidelines the BFRMP will include assessments made at a

range of spatial scales, from individual properties to a whole of the landscape

scale. It is generally a strategic level document however, and most single

property or township level planning will be done in documents such as Village

Protection Plans, which may then sit as sub-plans to the BFRMP.

The community engagement strategy will aim to provide the flexibility required

to facilitate the collection of the required data and information. Additionally, the

strategy will be the means to enable community, stakeholder and government

agencies input into the development and implementation of the Risk

Management Plan.

Proposed methodology The following Community Engagement Process is proposed as the most

efficient, effective and appropriate means to ensure the delivery of the Bush

Fire Risk Management Plan.

The Process is comprised of a number of stages, each uniquely focussed on

delivering the necessary purpose. The stages of the Community Engagement

Process will either be directed at informing stakeholders, inviting stakeholder

participation, or seeking feedback.

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Stage 1 – Identify scope of works Representatives of the Bushfire Risk Management Sub-Committee will lead

key roles within the communication plan. The plan will use a suite of

techniques to inform and engage the community.

This will include various media contacts, analysis, survey, forums, and

consultation processes. Members of the Committee are assigned to manage

the various functions and actively participate.

Stage 2- Informing the community A comprehensive communications strategy is proposed as the means of

informing the community of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan. The

specific message to be delivered will include:

� Informing the community of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan;

� What it specifically is and isn’t;

� Outline the process involved in developing the Lower Hunter Bush Fire

Risk Management Plan. Provide details of the consultation process i.e.

how the community can participate;

� Reiterate what the next step in the process is, so to advise and

minimise anticipated community contact; and

� Where to go for information, only if required.

A variety of mediums will ensure ‘viral’ marketing (information) regarding the

project. This will include:

WebA web display be developed and promoted as the central point for posting

information about the project for the 42 day public exhibition period.

Responsibility: Port Stephens Council (Jonathan Whittaker)

Newspaper Port Stephens Examiner

Dungog Chronicle

Responsibility: RFS Media and Jayson McKellar BFMC Executive Officer

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RadioMedia release issued

KOFM

2HD

ABC

Responsibility: RFS Media and Jayson McKellar BFMC Executive Officer

TelevisionNBN (News and Community Announcement)

Community and Neighbourhood Centres Responsibility: RFS Media and Jayson McKellar BFMC Executive Officer

Stage 3- Establish a Reference Group/Panel

The BFRM Sub-Committee will undertake this function.

Stage 4 – Desktop analysis The aim of the desktop analysis will be to undertake an intensive investigation

of the study area.

The desktop analysis will:

� Identify any additional stakeholders that may have an important

contribution to the preparation of the Risk Management Plan.

� Confirm that the selected method or technique of consultation is the

best approach. This will ensure that an appropriate consultation is used

with each stakeholder.

� Provide information that will assist in providing a picture of what is

required in terms of the data and intelligence required to undertake the

development of the Risk Management Plan.

� Provide information that will inform the Engagement Kiosk Discussion

Guide (outlined later), that is guidelines for the facilitator on what

questions and prompts are sought from the stakeholders.

The desktop analysis will include the following:

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� Demographic profiling

� Stakeholder profiling

� Location and context research

� Literature review – media/Council report and files

� Site visit – photographs

� Review of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan Guidelines

� Review of Council maps including tenure maps, zoning maps,

heritage maps, aerial photographs and hazards maps

� Review of quantitative data and comments obtained from local

residents

� Review of relevant Legislation

� General search of Google, telephone book and community

directories

� Research relating to the establishment of other bush fire risk

management planning projects and committees

Stage 5a- Engagement Kiosks (data collection) The BFMC does not recommend conducting public meetings as an

engagement strategy. Public meetings are difficult to manage, often

encourage attendance by individuals ‘with an axe to grind’, are opportunities

for individuals or collectives to monopolise the address system, encourage

poor seating arrangements (someone normally has their back to someone),

and are difficult to gain valuable and constructive information from

participants.

A number of Engagement Kiosks are proposed to compliment the survey in

the data collection process. The engagement kiosk is a technique used to

gain information from a variety of community members that prefer to speak

with someone directly one on one. It is necessary to engage this section of the

community, yet they are difficult to consult by the more traditional methods of

consultation such as phone surveys or door to door surveys. The kiosk is

designed to engage the mobile user.

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The Kiosk provides an informal and comfortable opportunity for the community

to provide comment. The quality of data that is collected by this method can

be very sound because we are gathering information on location where

specific example can be pointed out.

The Kiosks will operate with a number of BFMC Sub Committee members

who will use a series of standard questions and spontaneous prompts to seek

comment. The Kiosk will be equipped with visual aids including maps and

photographs to encourage discussion.

The value of this type of technique is the opportunity to engage a variety of

users. However, the BFMC is mindful that this type of engagement can also

attract residents that may have issues that are not relevant to the preparation

of the Risk Management Plan.

Responsibility: Jayson McKellar BFMC Executive Officer

Stage 5b- One-on-one consultations (data collection) The quality of information collected within specific timeframes provides an

effective and efficient means of engagement. The quality of information

obtained has been far better than that obtained during more traditional

methods of consultation such as public meetings.

The one on one interview is an opportunity for project staff:

- to outline the project and detail the expected outcomes

- specify their involvement in the process

- present a snap shot of the study area including any initial findings

- gather standardised information from each stakeholder

- provide personal attention to each stakeholder, thereby building a

relationship between the project and the stakeholder

- gather information from the stakeholder

- create a partnership approach where trust and transparency is

established

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Selected government agencies and community organisations will be

interviewed using the one-on-one technique.

All BFMC members will be advised of the project and outline how officers can

be involved in the development of the Risk Management Plan.

Committee members hold a wealth of information in terms of existing data,

information, maps, policies and historical information. This information will add

to the findings of the desktop analysis and also provide important input into

the preparation of the Plan.

Government Agencies and Non Government Agencies (NGO) Consultation with Government Agencies and non-government organisations

(NGO’s) will provide crucial information toward the preparation of the Risk

Management Plan. There are those that may be involved in the

implementation of the Plan such as the NPWS and those that own land within

the study area such as Integral Energy. All are identified as being essential to

the preparation of the Plan, and therefore should be included in the

consultation strategy.

The suggested method of engagement for all government agencies is the

one-on-one interview. This involves a trained facilitator and recorder, meeting

key government agencies. Visual aids will be used such as maps and

photographs. The facilitator has a list of key outcomes, questions and prompts

used to obtain information on the key objectives as stated above. This

technique aims to be undertaken in a relaxed atmosphere and at a time that is

convenient.

The following government agencies and NGO’s are proposed to be consulted

and are all current members of the BFMC:

� RailCorp � Department of Lands � Integral Energy � National Parks and Wildlife Service � Nature Conservation Council � Port Stephens Council

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� Dungog Council � NSW Fire Brigade � NSW Police � NSW Rural Fire Service

5c- Submissions (data collection) Submissions in writing will be invited from the community. This is an

opportunity for stakeholders who prefer not to attend Engagement Kiosks.

It should be noted that this Strategy is subject to additional information

supplied by the desktop analysis.

6- Prepare and deliver data report All of the data collected from the various engagement options and desktop

analysis will be collated and provided in a report to the BFMC. This

information will compliment the existing information supplied by each of the

project partners. A Bush Fire Risk Management Plan will be prepared and

comments invited.

7- Exhibition of the Draft Bush Fire Risk Management Plan BFMC propose that the Draft Risk Management Plan be exhibited at strategic

locations identified in a desktop analysis and advisory notices be placed

around the Lower Hunter directing public to the displays. It is envisaged that

this process will avert any possible grandstanding by individuals and groups,

whilst providing the opportunity for the community the constructively comment

on the proposed Plan.

8- Final report (feedback) This report is a collation of all relevant information collected in Stage 7. The

final report (feedback) provides the last opportunity for stakeholders to have

input into the Bush Fire Management Committee endorsed Bush Fire Risk

Management Plan.

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ery

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the

Low

er H

unte

r B

ush

Fire

Man

agem

ent

Com

mitt

ee (B

FMC

) pur

suan

t to

sect

ion

52 o

f the

Rur

al F

ires

Act

199

7.

The

aim

of th

is B

FRM

P is

to re

duce

the

adve

rse

impa

ct o

f bus

h fir

es o

n lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

The

obje

ctiv

esof

this

BFR

MP

are

to:

- re

duce

the

num

ber o

f hum

an-in

duce

d bu

sh fi

re ig

nitio

ns th

at c

ause

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty o

r the

env

ironm

ent;

- m

anag

e fu

el to

redu

ce th

e sp

read

and

inte

nsity

of b

ush

fires

whi

le m

inim

isin

g en

viro

nmen

tal/e

colo

gica

l im

pact

s;-

redu

ce th

e co

mm

unity

's v

ulne

rabi

lity

to b

ush

fires

by

impr

ovin

g its

pre

pare

dnes

s; a

nd-

effe

ctiv

ely

cont

ain

fires

with

a p

oten

tial t

o ca

use

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

This

map

form

s pa

rt of

the

BFR

MP

for t

he L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

, cov

erin

g th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a(s)

of D

ungo

g an

dPo

rt S

teph

ens.

It

shou

ld b

e vi

ewed

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith t

he a

ccom

pany

ing

BFR

MP

docu

men

t w

hich

pro

vide

s fu

rther

deta

ils o

n th

e B

FMC

are

a, th

e as

sets

ass

esse

d an

d th

e ris

k as

sess

men

t pro

cess

use

d.

Rev

iew

Und

er t

heR

ural

Fire

s Ac

t 19

97th

is p

lan

mus

t be

rev

iew

ed a

nd u

pdat

ed w

ithin

eac

h su

cces

sive

fiv

e ye

ar p

erio

dfo

llow

ing

the

cons

titut

ion

of th

e B

FMC

. Th

e Lo

wer

Hun

ter B

FMC

will

als

o re

view

this

pla

n as

nec

essa

ry. T

his

may

be

trigg

ered

by

a ra

nge

of c

ircum

stan

ces,

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to:

- ch

ange

s to

the

BFM

C a

rea,

org

anis

atio

nal r

epon

sibi

litie

s or

legi

slat

ion;

- ch

ange

s to

the

bush

fire

risk

in th

e ar

ea; o

r-

follo

win

g a

maj

or fi

re e

vent

.A

sset

sTh

is B

FRM

P id

entif

ies

the

asse

ts t

hat a

re c

onsi

dere

d by

the

Low

er H

unte

r B

FMC

and

com

mun

ity to

be

at r

isk

from

bush

fire

s, a

sses

ses

the

bush

fire

risk

to e

ach

asse

t and

ass

igns

trea

tmen

ts d

esig

ned

to m

itiga

te th

e ris

k. A

sset

s in

the

BFM

C a

rea

iden

tifie

d as

req

uirin

g tre

atm

ents

are

list

ed in

the

ass

ets

tabl

e. O

ther

ass

ets

with

in t

he B

FMC

are

a th

atw

ere

asse

ssed

as

not

requ

iring

tre

atm

ents

with

in t

he l

ife o

f th

is p

lan

are

liste

d in

the

app

endi

x to

the

BFR

MP

docu

men

t. Th

e M

ap R

ef n

umbe

r "N

A" d

enot

es n

on-s

patia

l ass

ets.

Trea

tmen

tsSp

ecifi

c tre

atm

ents

ass

igne

d to

ass

ets

in t

he L

ower

Hun

ter

area

are

list

ed in

the

trea

tmen

ts ta

ble

and

linke

d to

the

asse

ts w

hich

they

are

des

igne

d to

pro

tect

. Sta

ndar

d B

FMC

wid

e tre

atm

ents

(i.e

. not

link

ed to

a s

peci

fic a

sset

) w

hich

occu

r on

an o

ngoi

ng b

asis

with

in th

e B

FMC

are

a ar

e:-

revi

ewin

g th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

map

;-

ensu

ring

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

com

ply

with

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n;-

usin

g th

e Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n/s

(LE

Ps)

to c

ontro

l dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

bus

h fir

e ris

k;-

vary

ing

the

stan

dard

bus

h fir

e da

nger

per

iod

as re

quire

d;-

requ

iring

per

mits

dur

ing

bush

fire

dan

ger p

erio

ds-

pros

ecut

ion

of a

rson

ists

/offe

nder

s-

inve

stig

atio

n of

bus

h fir

e ca

use;

- no

rmal

fire

sup

pres

sion

act

iviti

es;

- as

sess

ing

and

man

agin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

trate

gic

fire-

fight

ing

reso

urce

allo

catio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s;-

prep

arat

ion

of a

S52

Ope

ratio

ns C

oord

inat

ion

Pla

n;-

fire

man

agem

ent p

lans

or p

lans

of m

anag

emen

t; an

d-

bush

fire

haz

ard

com

plai

nts.

Not

e on

LM

Z: A

ll ar

eas

not s

peci

fical

ly m

appe

d as

an

APZ

, SFA

Z or

FE

Z ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

LMZ

for t

his

risk

man

agem

ent p

lan.

For

are

as id

entif

ied

by a

n LM

Z po

lygo

n on

the

map

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

BFR

MP

doc

umen

t for

the

spec

ific

land

man

agem

ent o

bjec

tives

.

Dis

clai

mer

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C m

akes

eve

ry e

ffort

to e

nsur

e th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

on th

is m

ap. B

efor

ere

lyin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

is m

ap, u

sers

sho

uld

care

fully

eva

luat

e its

acc

urac

y, c

ompl

eten

ess

and

rele

vanc

e fo

rth

eir p

urpo

ses,

and

sho

uld

obta

in a

ny a

ppro

pria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal a

dvic

e re

leva

nt to

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

ircum

stan

ces.

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C c

an n

ot g

uara

ntee

and

ass

umes

no

lega

l lia

bilit

y or

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

acc

urac

y,cu

rrenc

y or

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion.

Cop

yrig

ht: L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

200

9.

Auth

oriz

ed b

y ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. of L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

.D

ate

crea

ted:

Mon

day,

3 A

ugus

t 200

9

BFR

R v

ersi

on 2

.0.1

.5 +

S

Zone

Pu

rpos

e Su

ppre

ssio

n O

bjec

tive(

s)

Zone

cha

ract

eris

tics

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

ne

To p

rote

ct h

uman

lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd

high

ly v

alue

d pu

blic

as

sets

and

val

ues.

To e

nabl

e th

e sa

fe u

se o

f D

irect

Atta

ck s

uppr

essi

on

stra

tegi

es w

ithin

the

zone

. To

min

imis

e bu

sh fi

re

impa

cts

on u

ndef

ende

d as

sets

.

As

per R

FS d

ocum

ent S

tand

ards

for

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

nes.

Stra

tegi

c Fi

re

Adv

anta

ge Z

one

To p

rovi

de s

trate

gic

area

s of

fire

pr

otec

tion

adva

ntag

e w

hich

w

ill re

duce

the

spee

d an

d in

tens

ity

of b

ush

fires

, and

re

duce

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r spo

t fire

de

velo

pmen

t; To

aid

con

tain

men

t of

wild

fires

to

exis

ting

man

agem

ent

boun

darie

s.

To im

prov

e th

e lik

elih

ood

and

safe

use

of:

Para

llel A

ttack

sup

pres

sion

st

rate

gies

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Indi

rect

Atta

ck (b

ack

burn

ing)

in h

igh

to v

ery

high

fir

e w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

with

in

the

zone

. To

redu

ce th

e lik

elih

ood

of:

Cro

wn

fire

deve

lopm

ent

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Spo

t fire

igni

tion

pote

ntia

l fro

m th

e zo

ne.

Zone

wid

th re

late

d to

sup

pres

sion

ob

ject

ives

and

dep

enda

nt u

pon:

- T

opog

raph

y - A

spec

t - S

potti

ng p

rope

nsity

- L

ocat

ion

of a

djac

ent f

irebr

eaks

- M

osai

c pa

ttern

of t

reat

men

t A

sses

s O

vera

ll Fu

el H

azar

d (O

FH)

once

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

reac

h m

inim

um fi

re th

resh

olds

with

in th

is

plan

. M

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es s

houl

d ai

m to

ac

hiev

e m

osai

c fu

el re

duct

ion

patte

rns

so th

at th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

S

FAZ

has

an O

FH o

f les

s th

an h

igh.

Land

Man

agem

ent

Zone

To

mee

t rel

evan

t la

nd m

anag

emen

t ob

ject

ives

in a

reas

w

here

AP

Zs o

r S

FAZs

are

not

ap

prop

riate

.

As

per t

he la

nd m

anag

emen

t an

d fir

e pr

otec

tion

obje

ctiv

es

of th

e re

spon

sibl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent a

genc

y.

To re

duce

the

likel

ihoo

d of

sp

read

of f

ires.

To

und

erta

ke m

osai

c bu

rnin

g

As

appr

opria

te to

ach

ieve

land

m

anag

emen

t e.g

. her

itage

and

/or

fire

prot

ectio

n e.

g. b

road

sca

le

mos

aic

burn

ing

obje

ctiv

es.

Fire

Exc

lusi

on

Zone

To

exc

lude

bus

h fir

es.

N/A

V

aria

ble

depe

ndan

t on

size

of f

ire

sens

itive

are

a re

quiri

ng p

rote

ctio

n.

00.

61.

21.

82.

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ush

Fire

Man

agem

ent

Com

mitt

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FMC

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suan

t to

sect

ion

52 o

f the

Rur

al F

ires

Act

199

7.

The

aim

of th

is B

FRM

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to re

duce

the

adve

rse

impa

ct o

f bus

h fir

es o

n lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

The

obje

ctiv

esof

this

BFR

MP

are

to:

- re

duce

the

num

ber o

f hum

an-in

duce

d bu

sh fi

re ig

nitio

ns th

at c

ause

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty o

r the

env

ironm

ent;

- m

anag

e fu

el to

redu

ce th

e sp

read

and

inte

nsity

of b

ush

fires

whi

le m

inim

isin

g en

viro

nmen

tal/e

colo

gica

l im

pact

s;-

redu

ce th

e co

mm

unity

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ulne

rabi

lity

to b

ush

fires

by

impr

ovin

g its

pre

pare

dnes

s; a

nd-

effe

ctiv

ely

cont

ain

fires

with

a p

oten

tial t

o ca

use

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

This

map

form

s pa

rt of

the

BFR

MP

for t

he L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

, cov

erin

g th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a(s)

of D

ungo

g an

dPo

rt S

teph

ens.

It

shou

ld b

e vi

ewed

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith t

he a

ccom

pany

ing

BFR

MP

docu

men

t w

hich

pro

vide

s fu

rther

deta

ils o

n th

e B

FMC

are

a, th

e as

sets

ass

esse

d an

d th

e ris

k as

sess

men

t pro

cess

use

d.

Rev

iew

Und

er t

heR

ural

Fire

s Ac

t 19

97th

is p

lan

mus

t be

rev

iew

ed a

nd u

pdat

ed w

ithin

eac

h su

cces

sive

fiv

e ye

ar p

erio

dfo

llow

ing

the

cons

titut

ion

of th

e B

FMC

. Th

e Lo

wer

Hun

ter B

FMC

will

als

o re

view

this

pla

n as

nec

essa

ry. T

his

may

be

trigg

ered

by

a ra

nge

of c

ircum

stan

ces,

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to:

- ch

ange

s to

the

BFM

C a

rea,

org

anis

atio

nal r

epon

sibi

litie

s or

legi

slat

ion;

- ch

ange

s to

the

bush

fire

risk

in th

e ar

ea; o

r-

follo

win

g a

maj

or fi

re e

vent

.A

sset

sTh

is B

FRM

P id

entif

ies

the

asse

ts t

hat a

re c

onsi

dere

d by

the

Low

er H

unte

r B

FMC

and

com

mun

ity to

be

at r

isk

from

bush

fire

s, a

sses

ses

the

bush

fire

risk

to e

ach

asse

t and

ass

igns

trea

tmen

ts d

esig

ned

to m

itiga

te th

e ris

k. A

sset

s in

the

BFM

C a

rea

iden

tifie

d as

req

uirin

g tre

atm

ents

are

list

ed in

the

ass

ets

tabl

e. O

ther

ass

ets

with

in t

he B

FMC

are

a th

atw

ere

asse

ssed

as

not

requ

iring

tre

atm

ents

with

in t

he l

ife o

f th

is p

lan

are

liste

d in

the

app

endi

x to

the

BFR

MP

docu

men

t. Th

e M

ap R

ef n

umbe

r "N

A" d

enot

es n

on-s

patia

l ass

ets.

Trea

tmen

tsSp

ecifi

c tre

atm

ents

ass

igne

d to

ass

ets

in t

he L

ower

Hun

ter

area

are

list

ed in

the

trea

tmen

ts ta

ble

and

linke

d to

the

asse

ts w

hich

they

are

des

igne

d to

pro

tect

. Sta

ndar

d B

FMC

wid

e tre

atm

ents

(i.e

. not

link

ed to

a s

peci

fic a

sset

) w

hich

occu

r on

an o

ngoi

ng b

asis

with

in th

e B

FMC

are

a ar

e:-

revi

ewin

g th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

map

;-

ensu

ring

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

com

ply

with

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n;-

usin

g th

e Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n/s

(LE

Ps)

to c

ontro

l dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

bus

h fir

e ris

k;-

vary

ing

the

stan

dard

bus

h fir

e da

nger

per

iod

as re

quire

d;-

requ

iring

per

mits

dur

ing

bush

fire

dan

ger p

erio

ds-

pros

ecut

ion

of a

rson

ists

/offe

nder

s-

inve

stig

atio

n of

bus

h fir

e ca

use;

- no

rmal

fire

sup

pres

sion

act

iviti

es;

- as

sess

ing

and

man

agin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

trate

gic

fire-

fight

ing

reso

urce

allo

catio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s;-

prep

arat

ion

of a

S52

Ope

ratio

ns C

oord

inat

ion

Pla

n;-

fire

man

agem

ent p

lans

or p

lans

of m

anag

emen

t; an

d-

bush

fire

haz

ard

com

plai

nts.

Not

e on

LM

Z: A

ll ar

eas

not s

peci

fical

ly m

appe

d as

an

APZ

, SFA

Z or

FE

Z ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

LMZ

for t

his

risk

man

agem

ent p

lan.

For

are

as id

entif

ied

by a

n LM

Z po

lygo

n on

the

map

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

BFR

MP

doc

umen

t for

the

spec

ific

land

man

agem

ent o

bjec

tives

.

Dis

clai

mer

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C m

akes

eve

ry e

ffort

to e

nsur

e th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

on th

is m

ap. B

efor

ere

lyin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

is m

ap, u

sers

sho

uld

care

fully

eva

luat

e its

acc

urac

y, c

ompl

eten

ess

and

rele

vanc

e fo

rth

eir p

urpo

ses,

and

sho

uld

obta

in a

ny a

ppro

pria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal a

dvic

e re

leva

nt to

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

ircum

stan

ces.

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er H

unte

r BFM

C c

an n

ot g

uara

ntee

and

ass

umes

no

lega

l lia

bilit

y or

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

acc

urac

y,cu

rrenc

y or

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion.

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yrig

ht: L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

200

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oriz

ed b

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ssio

n O

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tive(

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tics

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et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

ne

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rote

ct h

uman

lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd

high

ly v

alue

d pu

blic

as

sets

and

val

ues.

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nabl

e th

e sa

fe u

se o

f D

irect

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ck s

uppr

essi

on

stra

tegi

es w

ithin

the

zone

. To

min

imis

e bu

sh fi

re

impa

cts

on u

ndef

ende

d as

sets

.

As

per R

FS d

ocum

ent S

tand

ards

for

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

nes.

Stra

tegi

c Fi

re

Adv

anta

ge Z

one

To p

rovi

de s

trate

gic

area

s of

fire

pr

otec

tion

adva

ntag

e w

hich

w

ill re

duce

the

spee

d an

d in

tens

ity

of b

ush

fires

, and

re

duce

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r spo

t fire

de

velo

pmen

t; To

aid

con

tain

men

t of

wild

fires

to

exis

ting

man

agem

ent

boun

darie

s.

To im

prov

e th

e lik

elih

ood

and

safe

use

of:

Para

llel A

ttack

sup

pres

sion

st

rate

gies

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Indi

rect

Atta

ck (b

ack

burn

ing)

in h

igh

to v

ery

high

fir

e w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

with

in

the

zone

. To

redu

ce th

e lik

elih

ood

of:

Cro

wn

fire

deve

lopm

ent

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Spo

t fire

igni

tion

pote

ntia

l fro

m th

e zo

ne.

Zone

wid

th re

late

d to

sup

pres

sion

ob

ject

ives

and

dep

enda

nt u

pon:

- T

opog

raph

y - A

spec

t - S

potti

ng p

rope

nsity

- L

ocat

ion

of a

djac

ent f

irebr

eaks

- M

osai

c pa

ttern

of t

reat

men

t A

sses

s O

vera

ll Fu

el H

azar

d (O

FH)

once

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

reac

h m

inim

um fi

re th

resh

olds

with

in th

is

plan

. M

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es s

houl

d ai

m to

ac

hiev

e m

osai

c fu

el re

duct

ion

patte

rns

so th

at th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

S

FAZ

has

an O

FH o

f les

s th

an h

igh.

Land

Man

agem

ent

Zone

To

mee

t rel

evan

t la

nd m

anag

emen

t ob

ject

ives

in a

reas

w

here

AP

Zs o

r S

FAZs

are

not

ap

prop

riate

.

As

per t

he la

nd m

anag

emen

t an

d fir

e pr

otec

tion

obje

ctiv

es

of th

e re

spon

sibl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent a

genc

y.

To re

duce

the

likel

ihoo

d of

sp

read

of f

ires.

To

und

erta

ke m

osai

c bu

rnin

g

As

appr

opria

te to

ach

ieve

land

m

anag

emen

t e.g

. her

itage

and

/or

fire

prot

ectio

n e.

g. b

road

sca

le

mos

aic

burn

ing

obje

ctiv

es.

Fire

Exc

lusi

on

Zone

To

exc

lude

bus

h fir

es.

N/A

V

aria

ble

depe

ndan

t on

size

of f

ire

sens

itive

are

a re

quiri

ng p

rote

ctio

n.

00.

91.

82.

73.

6 km

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ush

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sect

ion

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f the

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ires

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199

7.

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aim

of th

is B

FRM

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to re

duce

the

adve

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impa

ct o

f bus

h fir

es o

n lif

e, p

rope

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nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

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obje

ctiv

esof

this

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MP

are

to:

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duce

the

num

ber o

f hum

an-in

duce

d bu

sh fi

re ig

nitio

ns th

at c

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age

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r the

env

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el to

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ce th

e sp

read

and

inte

nsity

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ush

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le m

inim

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viro

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pact

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redu

ce th

e co

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unity

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rabi

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ush

fires

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pre

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ctiv

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ain

fires

with

a p

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use

dam

age

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e en

viro

nmen

t.

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map

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s pa

rt of

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MP

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e vi

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he a

ccom

pany

ing

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MP

docu

men

t w

hich

pro

vide

s fu

rther

deta

ils o

n th

e B

FMC

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e as

sets

ass

esse

d an

d th

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men

t pro

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use

d.

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pdat

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cces

sive

fiv

e ye

ar p

erio

dfo

llow

ing

the

cons

titut

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e B

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e Lo

wer

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als

o re

view

this

pla

n as

nec

essa

ry. T

his

may

be

trigg

ered

by

a ra

nge

of c

ircum

stan

ces,

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to:

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s to

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BFM

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rea,

org

anis

atio

nal r

epon

sibi

litie

s or

legi

slat

ion;

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ange

s to

the

bush

fire

risk

in th

e ar

ea; o

r-

follo

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g a

maj

or fi

re e

vent

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sset

sTh

is B

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P id

entif

ies

the

asse

ts t

hat a

re c

onsi

dere

d by

the

Low

er H

unte

r B

FMC

and

com

mun

ity to

be

at r

isk

from

bush

fire

s, a

sses

ses

the

bush

fire

risk

to e

ach

asse

t and

ass

igns

trea

tmen

ts d

esig

ned

to m

itiga

te th

e ris

k. A

sset

s in

the

BFM

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rea

iden

tifie

d as

req

uirin

g tre

atm

ents

are

list

ed in

the

ass

ets

tabl

e. O

ther

ass

ets

with

in t

he B

FMC

are

a th

atw

ere

asse

ssed

as

not

requ

iring

tre

atm

ents

with

in t

he l

ife o

f th

is p

lan

are

liste

d in

the

app

endi

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the

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MP

docu

men

t. Th

e M

ap R

ef n

umbe

r "N

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enot

es n

on-s

patia

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ets.

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tmen

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c tre

atm

ents

ass

igne

d to

ass

ets

in t

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ter

area

are

list

ed in

the

trea

tmen

ts ta

ble

and

linke

d to

the

asse

ts w

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des

igne

d to

pro

tect

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ndar

d B

FMC

wid

e tre

atm

ents

(i.e

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link

ed to

a s

peci

fic a

sset

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hich

occu

r on

an o

ngoi

ng b

asis

with

in th

e B

FMC

are

a ar

e:-

revi

ewin

g th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

map

;-

ensu

ring

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

com

ply

with

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n;-

usin

g th

e Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n/s

(LE

Ps)

to c

ontro

l dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

bus

h fir

e ris

k;-

vary

ing

the

stan

dard

bus

h fir

e da

nger

per

iod

as re

quire

d;-

requ

iring

per

mits

dur

ing

bush

fire

dan

ger p

erio

ds-

pros

ecut

ion

of a

rson

ists

/offe

nder

s-

inve

stig

atio

n of

bus

h fir

e ca

use;

- no

rmal

fire

sup

pres

sion

act

iviti

es;

- as

sess

ing

and

man

agin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

trate

gic

fire-

fight

ing

reso

urce

allo

catio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s;-

prep

arat

ion

of a

S52

Ope

ratio

ns C

oord

inat

ion

Pla

n;-

fire

man

agem

ent p

lans

or p

lans

of m

anag

emen

t; an

d-

bush

fire

haz

ard

com

plai

nts.

Not

e on

LM

Z: A

ll ar

eas

not s

peci

fical

ly m

appe

d as

an

APZ

, SFA

Z or

FE

Z ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

LMZ

for t

his

risk

man

agem

ent p

lan.

For

are

as id

entif

ied

by a

n LM

Z po

lygo

n on

the

map

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

BFR

MP

doc

umen

t for

the

spec

ific

land

man

agem

ent o

bjec

tives

.

Dis

clai

mer

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C m

akes

eve

ry e

ffort

to e

nsur

e th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

on th

is m

ap. B

efor

ere

lyin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

is m

ap, u

sers

sho

uld

care

fully

eva

luat

e its

acc

urac

y, c

ompl

eten

ess

and

rele

vanc

e fo

rth

eir p

urpo

ses,

and

sho

uld

obta

in a

ny a

ppro

pria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal a

dvic

e re

leva

nt to

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

ircum

stan

ces.

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C c

an n

ot g

uara

ntee

and

ass

umes

no

lega

l lia

bilit

y or

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

acc

urac

y,cu

rrenc

y or

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion.

Cop

yrig

ht: L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

200

9.

Auth

oriz

ed b

y ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. of L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

.D

ate

crea

ted:

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ly 2

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R v

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.0.1

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rpos

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ppre

ssio

n O

bjec

tive(

s)

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cha

ract

eris

tics

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

ne

To p

rote

ct h

uman

lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd

high

ly v

alue

d pu

blic

as

sets

and

val

ues.

To e

nabl

e th

e sa

fe u

se o

f D

irect

Atta

ck s

uppr

essi

on

stra

tegi

es w

ithin

the

zone

. To

min

imis

e bu

sh fi

re

impa

cts

on u

ndef

ende

d as

sets

.

As

per R

FS d

ocum

ent S

tand

ards

for

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

nes.

Stra

tegi

c Fi

re

Adv

anta

ge Z

one

To p

rovi

de s

trate

gic

area

s of

fire

pr

otec

tion

adva

ntag

e w

hich

w

ill re

duce

the

spee

d an

d in

tens

ity

of b

ush

fires

, and

re

duce

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r spo

t fire

de

velo

pmen

t; To

aid

con

tain

men

t of

wild

fires

to

exis

ting

man

agem

ent

boun

darie

s.

To im

prov

e th

e lik

elih

ood

and

safe

use

of:

Para

llel A

ttack

sup

pres

sion

st

rate

gies

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

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ack

burn

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with

in

the

zone

. To

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ce th

e lik

elih

ood

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wn

fire

deve

lopm

ent

with

in th

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ne.

and/

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t fire

igni

tion

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m th

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late

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sup

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sion

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ject

ives

and

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enda

nt u

pon:

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opog

raph

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spec

t - S

potti

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rope

nsity

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ocat

ion

of a

djac

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irebr

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osai

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reat

men

t A

sses

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vera

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FH)

once

veg

etat

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com

mun

ities

reac

h m

inim

um fi

re th

resh

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with

in th

is

plan

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anag

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t pra

ctic

es s

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m to

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osai

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agem

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ives

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w

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AP

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prop

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e pr

otec

tion

obje

ctiv

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spon

sibl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent a

genc

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likel

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d of

sp

read

of f

ires.

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und

erta

ke m

osai

c bu

rnin

g

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appr

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te to

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ieve

land

m

anag

emen

t e.g

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itage

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fire

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road

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le

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aic

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aria

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size

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sens

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rote

ctio

n.

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62.

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aim

of th

is B

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to re

duce

the

adve

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f bus

h fir

es o

n lif

e, p

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nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

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obje

ctiv

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the

num

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f hum

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sh fi

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nitio

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at c

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dam

age

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inte

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e co

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fires

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pre

pare

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ely

cont

ain

fires

with

a p

oten

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o ca

use

dam

age

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fe, p

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nd th

e en

viro

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t.

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map

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s pa

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the

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for t

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e ac

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MP

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men

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s fu

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ils o

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fiv

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lan

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rang

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umst

ance

s, in

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ing

but n

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chan

ges

to th

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a, o

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iona

l rep

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bilit

ies

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atio

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chan

ges

to th

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the

area

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ing

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ajor

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eve

nt.

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ets

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MP

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tifie

s th

e as

sets

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are

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side

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by th

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wer

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nd c

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ris

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set a

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miti

gate

the

risk.

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men

ts a

re li

sted

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e as

sets

tab

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er a

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rea

that

wer

e as

sess

ed a

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t re

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reat

men

ts w

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the

life

of

this

pla

n ar

e lis

ted

in t

he a

ppen

dix

to t

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cum

ent.

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Map

Ref

num

ber "

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den

otes

non

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tial a

sset

s.

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tmen

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ecifi

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atm

ents

ass

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ass

ets

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area

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trea

tmen

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ble

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asse

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pro

tect

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wid

e tre

atm

ents

(i.e

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link

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peci

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sset

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asis

with

in th

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MC

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a ar

e:-

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ewin

g th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

map

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ensu

ring

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

com

ply

with

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nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n;-

usin

g th

e Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n/s

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Ps) t

o co

ntro

l dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

bus

h fir

e ris

k;-

vary

ing

the

stan

dard

bus

h fir

e da

nger

per

iod

as re

quire

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requ

iring

per

mits

dur

ing

bush

fire

dan

ger p

erio

ds-

pros

ecut

ion

of a

rson

ists

/offe

nder

s-

inve

stig

atio

n of

bus

h fir

e ca

use;

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rmal

fire

sup

pres

sion

act

iviti

es;

- as

sess

ing

and

man

agin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

trate

gic

fire-

fight

ing

reso

urce

allo

catio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s;-

prep

arat

ion

of a

S52

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ratio

ns C

oord

inat

ion

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n;-

fire

man

agem

ent p

lans

or p

lans

of m

anag

emen

t; an

d-

bush

fire

haz

ard

com

plai

nts.

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e on

LM

Z: A

ll ar

eas

not s

peci

fical

ly m

appe

d as

an

APZ

, SFA

Z or

FE

Z ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

LMZ

for t

his

risk

man

agem

ent p

lan.

For

are

as id

entif

ied

by a

n LM

Z po

lygo

n on

the

map

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

BFR

MP

doc

umen

t for

the

spec

ific

land

man

agem

ent o

bjec

tives

.

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clai

mer

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C m

akes

eve

ry e

ffort

to e

nsur

e th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

on th

is m

ap. B

efor

ere

lyin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

is m

ap, u

sers

sho

uld

care

fully

eva

luat

e its

acc

urac

y, c

ompl

eten

ess

and

rele

vanc

e fo

rth

eir p

urpo

ses,

and

sho

uld

obta

in a

ny a

ppro

pria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal a

dvic

e re

leva

nt to

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

ircum

stan

ces.

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Low

er H

unte

r BFM

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an n

ot g

uara

ntee

and

ass

umes

no

lega

l lia

bilit

y or

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

acc

urac

y,cu

rrenc

y or

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion.

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yrig

ht: L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

200

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lif

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tens

ity

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fires

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duce

the

pote

ntia

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r spo

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aid

con

tain

men

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wild

fires

to

exis

ting

man

agem

ent

boun

darie

s.

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prov

e th

e lik

elih

ood

and

safe

use

of:

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llel A

ttack

sup

pres

sion

st

rate

gies

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Indi

rect

Atta

ck (b

ack

burn

ing)

in h

igh

to v

ery

high

fir

e w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

with

in

the

zone

. To

redu

ce th

e lik

elih

ood

of:

Cro

wn

fire

deve

lopm

ent

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Spo

t fire

igni

tion

pote

ntia

l fro

m th

e zo

ne.

Zone

wid

th re

late

d to

sup

pres

sion

ob

ject

ives

and

dep

enda

nt u

pon:

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opog

raph

y - A

spec

t - S

potti

ng p

rope

nsity

- L

ocat

ion

of a

djac

ent f

irebr

eaks

- M

osai

c pa

ttern

of t

reat

men

t A

sses

s O

vera

ll Fu

el H

azar

d (O

FH)

once

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

reac

h m

inim

um fi

re th

resh

olds

with

in th

is

plan

. M

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es s

houl

d ai

m to

ac

hiev

e m

osai

c fu

el re

duct

ion

patte

rns

so th

at th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

S

FAZ

has

an O

FH o

f les

s th

an h

igh.

Land

Man

agem

ent

Zone

To

mee

t rel

evan

t la

nd m

anag

emen

t ob

ject

ives

in a

reas

w

here

AP

Zs o

r S

FAZs

are

not

ap

prop

riate

.

As

per t

he la

nd m

anag

emen

t an

d fir

e pr

otec

tion

obje

ctiv

es

of th

e re

spon

sibl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent a

genc

y.

To re

duce

the

likel

ihoo

d of

sp

read

of f

ires.

To

und

erta

ke m

osai

c bu

rnin

g

As

appr

opria

te to

ach

ieve

land

m

anag

emen

t e.g

. her

itage

and

/or

fire

prot

ectio

n e.

g. b

road

sca

le

mos

aic

burn

ing

obje

ctiv

es.

Fire

Exc

lusi

on

Zone

To

exc

lude

bus

h fir

es.

N/A

V

aria

ble

depe

ndan

t on

size

of f

ire

sens

itive

are

a re

quiri

ng p

rote

ctio

n.

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k M

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t Pla

n 20

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ungo

g - M

ap D

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ay A

rea

Map

5 o

f 5

This

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h Fi

re R

isk

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agem

ent

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n (B

FRM

P)

has

been

pre

pare

d by

the

Low

er H

unte

r B

ush

Fire

Man

agem

ent

Com

mitt

ee (B

FMC

) pur

suan

t to

sect

ion

52 o

f the

Rur

al F

ires

Act

199

7.

The

aim

of th

is B

FRM

P is

to re

duce

the

adve

rse

impa

ct o

f bus

h fir

es o

n lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

The

obje

ctiv

esof

this

BFR

MP

are

to:

- re

duce

the

num

ber o

f hum

an-in

duce

d bu

sh fi

re ig

nitio

ns th

at c

ause

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty o

r the

env

ironm

ent;

- m

anag

e fu

el to

redu

ce th

e sp

read

and

inte

nsity

of b

ush

fires

whi

le m

inim

isin

g en

viro

nmen

tal/e

colo

gica

l im

pact

s;-

redu

ce th

e co

mm

unity

's v

ulne

rabi

lity

to b

ush

fires

by

impr

ovin

g its

pre

pare

dnes

s; a

nd-

effe

ctiv

ely

cont

ain

fires

with

a p

oten

tial t

o ca

use

dam

age

to li

fe, p

rope

rty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

This

map

form

s pa

rt of

the

BFR

MP

for t

he L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

, cov

erin

g th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a(s)

of D

ungo

g an

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teph

ens.

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shou

ld b

e vi

ewed

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith t

he a

ccom

pany

ing

BFR

MP

docu

men

t w

hich

pro

vide

s fu

rther

deta

ils o

n th

e B

FMC

are

a, th

e as

sets

ass

esse

d an

d th

e ris

k as

sess

men

t pro

cess

use

d.

Rev

iew

Und

er t

heR

ural

Fire

s Ac

t 19

97th

is p

lan

mus

t be

rev

iew

ed a

nd u

pdat

ed w

ithin

eac

h su

cces

sive

fiv

e ye

ar p

erio

dfo

llow

ing

the

cons

titut

ion

of th

e B

FMC

. Th

e Lo

wer

Hun

ter B

FMC

will

als

o re

view

this

pla

n as

nec

essa

ry. T

his

may

be

trigg

ered

by

a ra

nge

of c

ircum

stan

ces,

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to:

- ch

ange

s to

the

BFM

C a

rea,

org

anis

atio

nal r

epon

sibi

litie

s or

legi

slat

ion;

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ange

s to

the

bush

fire

risk

in th

e ar

ea; o

r-

follo

win

g a

maj

or fi

re e

vent

.A

sset

sTh

is B

FRM

P id

entif

ies

the

asse

ts t

hat a

re c

onsi

dere

d by

the

Low

er H

unte

r B

FMC

and

com

mun

ity to

be

at r

isk

from

bush

fire

s, a

sses

ses

the

bush

fire

risk

to e

ach

asse

t and

ass

igns

trea

tmen

ts d

esig

ned

to m

itiga

te th

e ris

k. A

sset

s in

the

BFM

C a

rea

iden

tifie

d as

req

uirin

g tre

atm

ents

are

list

ed in

the

ass

ets

tabl

e. O

ther

ass

ets

with

in t

he B

FMC

are

a th

atw

ere

asse

ssed

as

not

requ

iring

tre

atm

ents

with

in t

he l

ife o

f th

is p

lan

are

liste

d in

the

app

endi

x to

the

BFR

MP

docu

men

t. Th

e M

ap R

ef n

umbe

r "N

A" d

enot

es n

on-s

patia

l ass

ets.

Trea

tmen

tsSp

ecifi

c tre

atm

ents

ass

igne

d to

ass

ets

in t

he L

ower

Hun

ter

area

are

list

ed in

the

trea

tmen

ts ta

ble

and

linke

d to

the

asse

ts w

hich

they

are

des

igne

d to

pro

tect

. Sta

ndar

d B

FMC

wid

e tre

atm

ents

(i.e

. not

link

ed to

a s

peci

fic a

sset

) w

hich

occu

r on

an o

ngoi

ng b

asis

with

in th

e B

FMC

are

a ar

e:-

revi

ewin

g th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

map

;-

ensu

ring

deve

lopm

ents

in th

e bu

sh fi

re p

rone

land

com

ply

with

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n;-

usin

g th

e Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n/s

(LE

Ps)

to c

ontro

l dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

bus

h fir

e ris

k;-

vary

ing

the

stan

dard

bus

h fir

e da

nger

per

iod

as re

quire

d;-

requ

iring

per

mits

dur

ing

bush

fire

dan

ger p

erio

ds-

pros

ecut

ion

of a

rson

ists

/offe

nder

s-

inve

stig

atio

n of

bus

h fir

e ca

use;

- no

rmal

fire

sup

pres

sion

act

iviti

es;

- as

sess

ing

and

man

agin

g co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith s

trate

gic

fire-

fight

ing

reso

urce

allo

catio

n m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s;-

prep

arat

ion

of a

S52

Ope

ratio

ns C

oord

inat

ion

Pla

n;-

fire

man

agem

ent p

lans

or p

lans

of m

anag

emen

t; an

d-

bush

fire

haz

ard

com

plai

nts.

Not

e on

LM

Z: A

ll ar

eas

not s

peci

fical

ly m

appe

d as

an

APZ

, SFA

Z or

FE

Z ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

LMZ

for t

his

risk

man

agem

ent p

lan.

For

are

as id

entif

ied

by a

n LM

Z po

lygo

n on

the

map

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

BFR

MP

doc

umen

t for

the

spec

ific

land

man

agem

ent o

bjec

tives

.

Dis

clai

mer

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C m

akes

eve

ry e

ffort

to e

nsur

e th

e qu

ality

of t

he in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

on th

is m

ap. B

efor

ere

lyin

g on

the

info

rmat

ion

on th

is m

ap, u

sers

sho

uld

care

fully

eva

luat

e its

acc

urac

y, c

ompl

eten

ess

and

rele

vanc

e fo

rth

eir p

urpo

ses,

and

sho

uld

obta

in a

ny a

ppro

pria

te p

rofe

ssio

nal a

dvic

e re

leva

nt to

thei

r par

ticul

ar c

ircum

stan

ces.

The

Low

er H

unte

r BFM

C c

an n

ot g

uara

ntee

and

ass

umes

no

lega

l lia

bilit

y or

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r the

acc

urac

y,cu

rrenc

y or

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion.

Cop

yrig

ht: L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

200

9.

Auth

oriz

ed b

y ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. of L

ower

Hun

ter B

FMC

.D

ate

crea

ted:

Mon

day,

3 A

ugus

t 200

9

BFR

R v

ersi

on 2

.0.1

.5 +

S

Zone

Pu

rpos

e Su

ppre

ssio

n O

bjec

tive(

s)

Zone

cha

ract

eris

tics

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

ne

To p

rote

ct h

uman

lif

e, p

rope

rty a

nd

high

ly v

alue

d pu

blic

as

sets

and

val

ues.

To e

nabl

e th

e sa

fe u

se o

f D

irect

Atta

ck s

uppr

essi

on

stra

tegi

es w

ithin

the

zone

. To

min

imis

e bu

sh fi

re

impa

cts

on u

ndef

ende

d as

sets

.

As

per R

FS d

ocum

ent S

tand

ards

for

Ass

et P

rote

ctio

n Zo

nes.

Stra

tegi

c Fi

re

Adv

anta

ge Z

one

To p

rovi

de s

trate

gic

area

s of

fire

pr

otec

tion

adva

ntag

e w

hich

w

ill re

duce

the

spee

d an

d in

tens

ity

of b

ush

fires

, and

re

duce

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r spo

t fire

de

velo

pmen

t; To

aid

con

tain

men

t of

wild

fires

to

exis

ting

man

agem

ent

boun

darie

s.

To im

prov

e th

e lik

elih

ood

and

safe

use

of:

Para

llel A

ttack

sup

pres

sion

st

rate

gies

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Indi

rect

Atta

ck (b

ack

burn

ing)

in h

igh

to v

ery

high

fir

e w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

with

in

the

zone

. To

redu

ce th

e lik

elih

ood

of:

Cro

wn

fire

deve

lopm

ent

with

in th

e zo

ne.

and/

or

Spo

t fire

igni

tion

pote

ntia

l fro

m th

e zo

ne.

Zone

wid

th re

late

d to

sup

pres

sion

ob

ject

ives

and

dep

enda

nt u

pon:

- T

opog

raph

y - A

spec

t - S

potti

ng p

rope

nsity

- L

ocat

ion

of a

djac

ent f

irebr

eaks

- M

osai

c pa

ttern

of t

reat

men

t A

sses

s O

vera

ll Fu

el H

azar

d (O

FH)

once

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

reac

h m

inim

um fi

re th

resh

olds

with

in th

is

plan

. M

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es s

houl

d ai

m to

ac

hiev

e m

osai

c fu

el re

duct

ion

patte

rns

so th

at th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

S

FAZ

has

an O

FH o

f les

s th

an h

igh.

Land

Man

agem

ent

Zone

To

mee

t rel

evan

t la

nd m

anag

emen

t ob

ject

ives

in a

reas

w

here

AP

Zs o

r S

FAZs

are

not

ap

prop

riate

.

As

per t

he la

nd m

anag

emen

t an

d fir

e pr

otec

tion

obje

ctiv

es

of th

e re

spon

sibl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent a

genc

y.

To re

duce

the

likel

ihoo

d of

sp

read

of f

ires.

To

und

erta

ke m

osai

c bu

rnin

g

As

appr

opria

te to

ach

ieve

land

m

anag

emen

t e.g

. her

itage

and

/or

fire

prot

ectio

n e.

g. b

road

sca

le

mos

aic

burn

ing

obje

ctiv

es.

Fire

Exc

lusi

on

Zone

To

exc

lude

bus

h fir

es.

N/A

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