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Preventing bushfire: chainsaw specifications
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Regular maintenance of chainsaws must be done to ensure that exhaust systems are serviceable and that spark arresting screens are in place.

Chainsaw mufflers which project exhaust gas to the side of the unit are the only types permitted to be used in State forests.

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State Fire Management Council of Tasmania
Cnr Argyle and Melville Streets, Hobart - Tasmania - 7000
(GPO Box 1526R Hobart Tasmania 7001)
phone (03) 6230 8600; fax: (03) 6234 6647; e-mail sfmc@fire.tas.gov.au
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