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Key Resources


Reference Name:
Before You Light  That Fire (May 2007)
Agency:
 New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Contact Details:
 Locked Bag 17, Granville, NSW, 2142
1800 679 737
www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au
Comment:

Details a checklist of actions before you light a fire, discusses fire hazard reduction certificates and environmental approvals for difference burning activities.
 
Download:

Before You Light That Fire
Website:

http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/
file_system/attachments/State/
Attachment_20070705_94128C69.pdf

 
Reference Name:
Total Fire Bans in NSW  (2005)
Agency:
 New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Contact Details:
 Locked Bag 17, Granville, NSW, 2142
1800 679 737
www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au
Comment:

Outlines what is a Total Fire Ban and when it is declared, how to find out when and where a Total Fire Ban is declared, and what NSW Fire Area your property is located in.
 
Download:
 

Total Fire Bans in NSW
   

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-  Planning your Property
- Water - Collection & Recycling
- Why Vegetation Matters
-  NSW Rural Fire Service
- NSW Fire Brigade
- Local Council
- Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority
 


Reference Name:
Standards for Asset Protection Zones / Standards for Low Intensity Burning / Standards for Pile Burning / Standards for Windrow Burning / Application for a Bushfire Hazard Reduction Certificate (January 2006)
Agency:
 New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Contact Details:
 Locked Bag 17, Granville, NSW, 2142
1800 679 737
www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au
Comment:

Discusses; what is an asset protection zone and the steps to consider, including where to put the zone on your property, steps to consider and objectives for bushfire hazard reduction burning, how to safely construct and conduct a pile burn, and the construction and purpose of windrow burning.
 
Download:

Standards for Asset Protection Zones

Standards for Low Intensity Burning

Standards for Pile Burning

Standards for Windrow Burning

Application for a Bushfire Hazard Reduction Certificate
 
Website:

http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?cat_id=192

 

 

 

 

 


Reference Name:
Checklist: Is your Property Prepared Against Bushfires and Grass Fires (October 2004)
Agency:
 New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Contact Details:
 Locked Bag 17, Granville, NSW, 2142
1800 679 737
www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au
Comment:

A quick checklist of steps you can take to reduce the hazards and risk of bushfire on your property.
 
Download:
 

Checklist: Is your Property Prepared Against Bushfires and Grass Fires
Website:

http://www.bushfire.nsw.gov.au/file_system/
attachments/State/Attachment_20050228_25413B33.pdf

 

 

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