Sustainable fire management programs

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Victoria can offer a wonderful Lifestyle
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the natural beauty of the Bush the
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habitat it provides to Wildlife and the
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open space is for grazing Agriculture
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and hobby farming attracts more people
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each year however this shifted the
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country creates its own hazards a much
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higher Bushfire risk and an impact on
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the long-term health of the natural
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environment
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thank you
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plant burning is one of the most
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effective Land Management tools it can
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reduce Bushfire risk and enhance
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ecological values plant burning has
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sound scientific foundations and
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practical applications on properties of
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all sizes and tenures
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however many private land managers and
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high-risk Landscapes are unable to plan
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or control their own boom safely they
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might not have the knowledge or
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confidence to plan for their Bushfire
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risks and environmental needs
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they might not have the resources or the
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time to ensure the area is properly
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prepared and the burn completed safely
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or keeping the burn controlled within a
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single property is difficult
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firescape is supporting communities to
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work together
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across tenures and across properties to
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better manage a shared landscape to find
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we haven't had the capability until this
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project come along that's why I'm so
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excited about it to work with the
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individual landowners on their
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individual properties to come up with a
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community-based risk plan and risk
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mitigation plan to lower fuel loads and
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fire intensity
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burning on public land is pretty well
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covered by DSE there are all sorts of
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targets and so forth about how much
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vegetation should be burned and can be
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burned but in the highly fragmented
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Landscapes within the private land
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tenure there's very little planning to
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date for activity in terms of on ground
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burning and so this program is really
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the first go at getting that sort of
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thing done on private land
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so the key to this program and probably
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the challenge of it as well is the Dual
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objective to to look at reducing fuel
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levels and protecting ecosystems at the
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same time and on top of that involving
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local communities in managing their own
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bush
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this program is great because it gets
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everyone together in the whole Community
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we can work with our neighbors planning
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out different areas to burn we've lived
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here for approximately 15 years we've
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built the house here we have cleared
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around the house and we've also done
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some clearing and sunburning in in
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certain areas of the property
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um but we are going to be burning an
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area that hasn't been burnt for about 15
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years
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we've had very interesting information
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given to us about all sorts of fire
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behavior and and risk the reason I would
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like the burn is is several fold one is
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to help protect assets that's near the
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bush which hasn't been burnt for
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probably at least 60 years and the other
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is that the bush has degraded that
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there's not the variety of species of
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plants there because it's such a country
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that needs Burns at regular intervals
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and it's well overdue in need for a burn
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for the ecological benefits
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and hopefully after the burden we'll be
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able to assess and see what varieties
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have will spring up
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also looking at the Ecology of of the
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area and what species that we can that
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are here
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which some we haven't even didn't
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realize were here
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also the Regeneration after the fire
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will be a wonderful thing to look at
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I have friends who are some botanists
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who have already done a we've put in
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quadrants and assessed the the
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species that are currently growing in
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three different areas on the Block and
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they're they're all very keen to come
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back post burn and reassess it
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some weeks and months and years after
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the burn to see what turns up firescape
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can give you the knowledge and tools to
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enable you and your community to reduce
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fuel loads and produce a healthier
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natural landscape
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during two fire escape workshops local
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land managers and owners are Guided by
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fire and ecology experts to develop a
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community-burned strategy this is a
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long-term strategy to gain a more
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natural mix of vegetation and habitats
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while achieving effective fuel reduction
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these workshops will also help locals to
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begin their own property fire management
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plan
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during the following Autumn participants
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will be invited to observe a plan burn
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to demonstrate fire Behavior site
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preparation and burn management
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techniques
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optional training in different
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monitoring methods will help local
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environment groups or interested
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landowners track the Regeneration
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process and the ongoing health of their
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plants and animals
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so there is a difference that you can
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make like when buying Good Housekeeping
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and good fuel management and if you can
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spread this to The Wider community and
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we get the whole community on board we
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can make a real difference
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for more information on firescape the
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CFA plan burning program or how CFA is
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incorporating fire ecology into its work
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please contact us today
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thank you