| Description |
72 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 30 cm |
| Summary |
AFAC has engaged with prescribed fire practitioners throughout Australia to derive a common framework for addressing operational risks associated with prescribed burning. The Risk Framework for Operational Risks Associated with Prescribed Burning, together with three existing risk frameworks (for smoke, fuel hazard and ecological risks) completes the risk management component of the National Burning Project. Prescribed burning is an important part of managing landscapes in many parts of Australia in order to achieve various objectives such as bushfire risk mitigation, ecological maintenance and various land management outcomes. Although prescribed burning is one of the key tools available to reduce bushfire risks, it is itself an activity that contains significant inherent risks. The safe and effective conduct of a prescribed burn requires careful and thorough planning to ensure that the agreed objectives can be safely achieved. This document looks at operational risks to life and property and analyses the risk controls in a structured manner to help ensure prescribed burns are implemented effectively and safely. Risks to burn containment, fire crews, the public and natural and built values are considered. |
| Subject |
Fire extinction.
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Prescribed burning -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
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| Author |
Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (host institution)
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Forest Fire Management Group (host institution)
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National Burning Project (Australia). Sub-Project 3
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| ISBN |
9780994258908 |
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