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Total Fire Bans
Total Fire Bans are set on days when the danger of fires occurring is extremely high and
when fire would be expected to move very quickly and be difficult to control.
A Total Fire Ban usually applies to the whole State, including forest, country and metropolitan
areas. Sometimes Total Fire Ban days are called in specific Total Fire Ban Districts
where the hazardous conditions are found.
On days of Total Fire Ban most fires in the open air are banned. This means that outdoor
burning; campfires; solid fuel barbeques which burn with wood, heat beads, charcoal or
briquettes; and burning of incinerators are banned.
If you light an outdoor fire on a Total Fire Ban day you can be fined up to $10,000, jailed
for up to two years, or both.
Key Focus:
Read the article on Fire Danger Periods and Total Fire Ban Days.
List the key issues discussed in the article.
Talk about these issues as a group.
Design a poster to inform people of fire regulations they need to be aware of
on Total Fire Ban Days.
Design a brochure for the general public outlining rules and regulations for the
safe use of camp fires and barbeques.