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Chapter 4 Bush Fire Risk Management Strategies
4.1 Introduction.......................................................................................16
4.2 Bush Fire Risk Management Priorities..........................................16
4.3 Bush Fire Risk Management Options............................................16
4.4 Bush Fire Risk Management Strategies for Penrith Council area
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4.5 Bush Fire Hazard Management.......................................................29
4.5.1 Introduction .........................................................................................29
4.5.2 Bush Fire Hazard Management Zones for Penrith Council area.......29
Chapter 5 Implementation
5.1 Introduction.......................................................................................30
5.2 Responsibility for Implementing the Bush Fire Risk Management
Plan.....................................................................................................30
5.3 Operational Matters Influencing Implementation of Programs...31
5.3.1 Environmental Assessment................................................................31
5.3.2 Section 66 Notice to Reduce Bush Fire Hazards ..............................33
5.3.3 Issue of Permits to Burn.....................................................................33
5.3.4 Use of Appropriate Fire Regimes.......................................................34
5.3.5 Smoke Management...........................................................................35
5.3.6 Catchment Protection (Protection of Soil and Water Values)............36
5.3.7 Pest and Weed Management.............................................................36
5.3.8 Hazard Reduction & the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997..37
5.3.9 Excluded Lands ..................................................................................39
Chapter 6 Monitoring and Review
6.1 Introduction.......................................................................................40
6.2 Monitoring and Review....................................................................40
6.2.1 Implementation of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan by Land
Managers............................................................................................40
6.2.2 Implementation of the Bush Fire Risk Plan by the Fire Fighting
Authorities............................................................................................42
6.3 Bush Fire Risk Management Plan Effective in Reducing the
Communities Risk to Bushfires......................................................42
6.3.1 Effectiveness of Bush Fire Management Committees .......................44
6.3.2 Local Issues to be Monitored..............................................................44
6.4 Review of the Bush Fire Risk Plan.................................................44
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