POLICY NO. 2/2007 FIRE TRAILS - NSW Rural Fire Service

Annex E to
BFCC Policy No. 2/2007
Best Practice Guidelines for Fire Trail Construction and Maintenance
Generic Feature Cat 1 Cat 7
Width
carriageway)
(formed
4 metres 3 metres
Grade Gradients generally less than 15°
for natural surfaces.
Cross Slope Finished
Surface
Cross slope less than 5°, which
gives a 28cm drop over 4 metre
width.
Gradients generally
less than 20 ° for
natural surfaces.
As per Cat 1
Clearance Height 4.5 metres 3.5 metres
Clearance Side
Dead trees and other vegetation
that may impede trucks or be
dangerous during fire management
activities should be removed.
As per Cat 1
Contour Banks As per attached As per Cat 1
Bridges and Culverts 15 Tonne Capacity 8 Tonne Capacity
Passing/Turnaround
Bays
Dead Ends
Safety Refuges
Curves
Located at 500 metre intervals
where possible. Turnaround bays
should be constructed to allow
vehicles to make a three point turn.
Due to terrain (e.g. hairpins, ridge
tops and spurs) some standards
cannot be achieved such as
passing bays, and may result in
hairpin turns etc. In these
circumstances passing bays
should be created if possible
adjacent to the hazardous sections
of trail.
12 metre minimum radius turning
circle fuel reduced or as per
turnaround bays.
To be considered where practical
dependant on the vegetation and
terrain, with all vegetation removed
from the area including windrows.
Curves should have a minimum
turning radius of 6 metres
As per Cat 1
As per Cat 1
As per Cat 1
As per Cat 1
Bush Fire Coordinating Committee – Policy No. 2/2007
Adopted by the Bush Fire Coordinating Committee – Minute No. 26/2007
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