City of Bunbury

10/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/30/2024 22:22

Fire Control Notice

Fire Control Notice to all property Owners and Occupiers.
Pursuant to Section 33 of the Bush Fires Act 1954, you are hereby required, on or before 18 November to remove from the land owned or occupied by you, all flammable material and/or clear firebreaks in accordance with the following land areas and thereafter to maintain that land or firebreaks up to and including 5 May:
Where the area of the land is less than 2024 square metres:
Slash/mow all grass to a height no greater than 10 centimetres and remove all slashed materials and other flammable matter from the land. This standard must be maintained until 5 May.
Where the area of the land is greater than 2024 square metres:
Slash/mow all grass to a height no greater than 10 centimetres and remove all slashed materials and/or install a firebreak of three metres wide and four metres high, clear of all bush and flammable material along all external boundaries of the land. Total removal of all flammable material from the property may be considered an acceptable alternative. This standard must be maintained until 5 May.
If it is considered impracticable to clear a firebreak or to remove flammable material from the land as required by this notice, an application to the City of Bunbury in writing may be made prior to 1 November, for permission to provide firebreaks in alternative positions or to take alternative action to mitigate the fire hazard. Until written permission is received from the City of Bunbury, compliance with this notice is required.
PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED BURNING PERIODS
Restricted Burning Period Burn permits required - 1 November until 8 December
Prohibited Burning Period No fires permitted - 9 December until 24 March (subject to extensions)
Restricted Burning Period Burn permits required - 25 March until 5 May (subject to extensions)
It is an offence not to comply with the Act. The penalty for failing to comply with this notice is a fine of up to $5,000. If the works are not carried out by the date required in this notice, the owner of the land is liable, whether prosecuted or not, to pay all costs for performing the works directed in this notice.
Any Fire Control Notice previously published by the City of Bunbury in the Government Gazette or in any locally circulated newsprint is hereby revoked.
Appointment of Bush Fire Control Officers
In accordance with Section 38 of the Bush Fires Act 1954 the following officers have been appointed Bush Fire Control Officers:
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer: John Kowal
Deputy Bush Fire Control Officer: Mark Allies
Fire Control Officers: Carrianne Graham, Katelyn Jones, Marina Marriott-Spalding, Phillip Lloyd, Robert Coles, Sharee Rowe, Simon Millington
All previous appointments are hereby cancelled.
Enquiries in relation to this Notice may be directed to Ranger Services, Monday to Friday between 8am and 5pm, on 9792 7106.