Bushfire in Tasmania

Bushfire in Tasmania - A new approach to reducing our Statewide relative risk.

This report has been prepared by the State Fire Management Council. The report details the findings of a strategic assessment of bushfire risk in Tasmania, together with the results of modelling which was designed to test the effectiveness of different fuel reduction burning strategies. The results in this report have been used to inform the Fire Protection Plans that have been prepared by each of Tasmania's ten Fire Management Area Committees.

The full report can be downloaded here:

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Low Resolution  Download (6 MB, 234 pp)

Sections of the report can be downloaded here:

Part A (Cover, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents & List of Figures, Tables and Equations)

Part B (Executive Summary)

Part C (Purpose and Scope, Report Context, and Background)

Part D (Bushfire Risk Assessment Methodology, Influence of Weather on a Fuel Reduction Burning Program, and Summary of Assumption and Limitations)

Part E (Results and Discussion, and Statewide Effects of Fuel Reduction Burning )

Part F (Implementation of a Strategic Burning Program)

Part G (Conclusion and Recommendations)

Part H (Glossary of Terminology, and References)

Appendix 1 (State Vegetation Fire Management Policy 2012)

Appendix 2 (TASVEG 3.0 Vegetation Types Classified as Treatable and Untreatable for Fuel Reduction Burning)

Appendix 3 (Human Settlement Areas [Version 1.2] )

Appendix 4 (PHOENIX Rapidfire Weather Profiles)

Appendix 5 (Hypothetical Five Year Burning Programs)

Appendix 6 (The PHOENIX Rapidfire System, Terms of Use, Libraries and Sources)