Reduce Fire Hazards. Slash Long grass and Remove Fire Hazards on Your Property. Install and Maintain 3m Firebreaks.
Fire Breaks are required on your property between the 1st December 2009 to 31st March 2010.
Well-prepared properties are more likely to survive in the event that neither residents nor fire-fighters are available to protect them. Properties should be prepared for bushfire regardless of whether the occupants intend to stay and defend their property or relocate to a place where they feel safer. Proper preparation including a fuel buffer separation zone around your house which will improve the safety of fire-fighters and their ability to defend a building successfully; even if the occupants are absent when a bushfire threatens. An unprepared property is not only at risk itself, but may also endanger neighbouring properties if it contributes to a bushfire’s intensity. While fire agencies will strive to provide fire-fighting crews to protect properties during a bushfire, in some circumstances the fire brigade may have insufficient resources to assign a crew to every threatened property. Fire fighters may not be able to defend unprepared properties.
Prohibited Burning Time (TOTAL FIRE BAN.) between the 1st December to 31st March 2010.
Restricted Burning Times (PERMITS REQUIRED): Between the 2 November to 30 November 2009, and between the 1 April to 30 April 2010. You may obtain a Burning Permit by request at the Shire of Kalamunda Administration Office. These Times may be varied due to seasonal changes or conditions.