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PENRITH BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN Area: Major Risk – M4 Motorway (Lapstone Hill to Ropes Creek) Priority: 2 Management Options Risk Management Strategies Responsible Land Manager/s Avoid Risk • Recommend Council enforce Bush Fire Mitigation Policy • Encourage a break between the hazard and adjoining properties Reduce Hazards • Provide asset protection zones around significant assets • Provide strategic fire advantage zones • Provide breaks around fences to limit extension of a fire across paddocks Reduce Vulnerability • Implement community education programs RTA Council (all strategies) RTA RTA RTA RTA NSW Rural Fire Service Reduce Ignitions • Education of adjoining land owner on ignition problems NSW Rural Fire Service Accept Residual Risk • Develop cooperative detection and response networks and plans • Have fire suppression equipment on standby on high risk days BFMC NSW Rural Fire Service Page 22
PENRITH BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN Area: Major Risk – Southern perimeter Glenmore Park Estate Priority: 2 Management Options Risk Management Strategies Responsible Land Manager/s Avoid Risk • Recommend Council enforce Bush Fire Mitigation Policy • Encourage a break between the hazard and building for any new development Reduce Hazards • Provide asset protection zones around heritage assets where appropriate - historical houses, sheds, flammable Aboriginal sites where appropriate (coordinate with local Land Councils) etc • Provide strategic fire advantage zones to protect critical habitat, threatened fauna areas or areas where vegetation regimes are under threat • Provide breaks around crops and fences to limit extension of a fire across paddocks Reduce Vulnerability • Implement community education programs and public awareness of environmental and cultural heritage Reduce Ignitions • Suspend fire generating activities on days of very high to extreme fire danger (eg park fire bans, bans on camping/cooking fires) • Close access to management areas where arson activity is frequent (eg national parks,) • Increase patrols in known high arson ignition locations Accept Residual Risk • Develop cooperative detection and response networks and plans • Have fire suppression equipment on standby for rapid attack • Council • Council, Owner, NPWS • NPWS • NPWS, NSW Rural Fire Service Council • NPWS • NPWS • NPWS, NSW Rural Fire Service, Police • BFMC • NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW FB, NPWS Page 23
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