Agricultural Fire Management Guidelines - Guide to Rural ...

Section 4 AppendicesAppendix 3IndexAccess, 3, 26, 28, 50–53crossings, 51gates, 28, 51raised bed cropping, 28, 51Buildings and sheds, 11, 12, 23, 32, 34, 35,45, 52Compost and manure, 25, 45, 59Dangerous goods (such as fuel, chemicalsand gas), 25, 44, 45Defendable space, 12, 13, 34, 35inner zone, 13, 35outer zone, 13Electric fencing, 19, 25, 44Embers, 5, 17, 18, 19, 34, 35, 56Environment, 1, 2, 14, 23, 36ecological burning, 14, 23, 36erosion, 14, 32, 36native vegetation (also see Permits), 4,13, 14, 23, 36weeds, 14, 19, 32, 36Equipment and machinery (also see Electricfencing)cutting, welding, grinding, 3, 24, 38equipment, 3, 15, 24, 38, 41, 49machinery, 3, 15, 24, 37, 49mowing and slashing, 3, 18, 37Farm forestry (also see timbered areas), 6,19, 26, 47, 51, 56Fire behaviour (also see Fuels), 5–8, 46, 56temperature, 7topography, 8, 9, 13, 56weather, 7, 15, 40wind (also see Windbreaks), 5, 7, 34Fire dangerextreme fi re danger, 3, 15, 24, 37, 39,44Fire Danger Index, 15, 39, 56Fire Danger Period, 3, 15, 37, 38,41–43, 48fi re danger rating, 15Total Fire Ban, 15, 24, 25, 37, 38, 41, 57Total Fire Ban Districts, 16, 25Fire prevention notices, 3, 25, 44Fire Protected Areas, 15, 25, 42, 56, 57Fire use (also see Smoke management), 24,25, 40–43burning rubbish, 25, 42planning fi re use, 40Firefi ghting and fi refi ghting equipmentextinguishers, 37, 38, 49fi re suppression, 2, 11, 17, 27, 31,49–52, 57private fi refi ghting, 3, 30, 39, 49pumps, 52Fuels, 6, 58fi ne fuels, 5–7, 56fuel load, 6, 14, 19, 31, 34–35, 46, 47,50, 57heavy fuels, 6, 57Fuel breaks, 3, 17–19, 26, 40, 46, 47, 50bare earth breaks, 18crown fi res, 19, 56effectiveness, 17internal breaks, 19, 46perimeter breaks, 26, 46, 47, 51timbered areas, 19, 4760 On the Land: Agricultural Fire Management Guidelines