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PENRITH BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ______________________ DRAFT BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN Appendix B Explanation of Bush Fire Management Zones Zone Application Asset Protection • To provide Fuel Free Zones (FFZ) and Fuel Reduced Zones (FRZ) around assets or groups of assets which are adjacent to bush fire hazard areas. • Whilst Asset Protection Zones are most commonly applied in residential developments, they also have application for many other asset types. Note: The application of Asset Protection zones alone may not provide sufficient protection levels, particularly if the other essential elements of bush fire protection are inadequate - for example if buildings are not adequately constructed, and/or access to the area to area does not meet the required standard, or the asset(s) being protected is easily combustible. Strategic Fire Advantage Applications for Strategic Fire Advantage Zones include: • To provide fuel reduced areas which enable the protection of assets by firefighters when Asset Protection Zones are not in place • To complement Asset Protection Zones where these do not provide adequate protection. • To provide fuel reduced zones in areas of high ignition potential (eg along roads, rail lines, power lines etc) to slow the development of fires, reduce their spread, and provide for safe suppression. • To provide strategically located fuel reduced zones (eg across known fire paths) to reduce the potential for fires to become campaign fires and to provide advantageous areas for fire suppression. • To provide strategically located fuel reduced areas to reduce the vulnerability of assets which are susceptible to fire. Land Management • Bush Fire Hazard areas where Asset Protection or Strategic Fire Advantage Zones are not appropriate. • Fire management in this zone is as required to meet the relevant land management objectives (eg- ecological burns, post log burns, silvicultural burns). Fire Exclusion • Areas of fire intolerant assets for which it is appropriate to exclude fire (eg- rainforest, fire intolerant vegetation communities, fire sensitive cultural/historic heritage sites, pine plantation, commercial crops. Page 46
PENRITH BUSH FIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ______________________ DRAFT BUSH FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN Appendix C - References Reference: National Environmental Protection Council (1997) ‘Draft National Environment Protection Measure: Ambient Air Quality [and Impact Statement], Commonwealth of Australia. References: Hairsine P., Zierholz C. and Booker F. 1995 Runoff and Soil Erosion in Bushland Following the Sydney Bushfires. P. Hairsine, CSIRO Division of Soils, Canberra; C. Zierholz, CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Canberra; F. Booker, University of California, Berkeley, USA. In Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Vol. 8, No. 4, November 1995. Scott, D.F. and Schulze, R.E. 1992 The hydrological effects of a wildfire in a eucalypt afforested catchment. South African Forestry Journal 160: 67-74. Page 47
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