(Booroorban Precinct) Fire Management Strategy
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South West Woodland Nature Reserve Vegetation Map Legend Vegetation RFS Fire Brigade Areas & Towers Broad Booroorban Precinct Vegetation Vegetation Type Biodiversity Thresholds Fire Behaviour Area C Area E Fire Management Strategy 2012 Class Lignum with Nitre An interval between fire events less than 10 years and greater In periods of high ephemeral fuel loads the wetlands pose a risk of extreme Mapsheet 1 of 1 Freshwater Goosefoot Tall than 35 years should be avoided. Fire should be avoided where fire intensities, hot – fast moving fires and rapid change in direction Booroorban This strategy should be used in conjunction with aerial photography and field reconnaissance during incidents and the development of incident action plans. Wetlands These data are not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. T he NSW National Parks and Wildlife and its employees disclaim liability for any act done on the lly Outfa Open Shrubland Chenopod species occur. associated with wind. ba ll Drain information in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions. This document is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research am e criticism or review, as perm itted under the copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. This strategy is a relevant Plan und er ll An interval between fire events less than 9 years should be o Sectio n 38 (4) and Section 44 (3) of Rural F ires Act 1997. The NSW N ational Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage. Published by C the Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW ), March 2011. Semi-arid Black Box avoided. There is no maximum interval between fire events In years of high ephemeral fuels, landscape fires are possible as fire Contact: OEH PWG Regional Office: 200 Yambil St, Griffith NSW 2680 P.O. Box 1049 Griffith NSW 2680 ph. 02 6966 8100 Woodlands Woodland with specified for this vegetation type as there was insufficient data to potential will be very high to extreme, characterised by spotting from Black (Grassy sub- Chenopod give definite intervals. Fire should be avoided where Chenopod Box communities. ISBN 978 1 74293 769 4 OEH 2012/0635 Date: August 2012 Version No. 1 formation) understorey species occur. Two fires in the same area in a period of less than Map Details Related Documents 10 years apart may remove younger Black Box trees. Semi-arid An interval between fire events less than 15 years should be Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) 1994 1:50k Topographic Map: Cudal 8631-S OEH Fire Management White Cypress, Bull The Cypress Pine Woodlands generally occur on source-bordering dunes P030 Woodlands avoided. There is no maximum interval between fire events Projection: Map Grid of Australia ( MGA ) Zone 55 (AGD-1966) Manual 2011 - 2012. Oak and Boonaree and the potential rate of spread would be low due to low overall fuel (Shrubby sub- specified for this vegetation type as there was insufficient data to Wanganella Data: Spot Satellite Imagery: 2005. Scale: Noted scales are true when printed Open Woodland hazard. Fire runs are likely to slow down when entering this vegetation. on A1 size paper formation) give definite intervals. Scale1:500,000 Arid 0 4 8 km Shrublands Cottonbush & Fire should be avoided where Chenopods occur. (Chenopod sub Sclerolaena spp. Operational Guidelines formation) High intensity fast moving fire once grasses have cured. Fire behaviour is Austrodanthonia dominated by winds, both speed and direction. Even in very low fuel, grass Brief all personnel involved in suppression operations on the following issues using the SMEACS format: and/or Austrostipa An interval between fire events less than 3 years and greater than fires can erratic and fast moving. In ephemeral years intensity will be higher Grasslands General Guidelines Low Open 10 years should be avoided. and in drought years minimal growth will result in moderate fire behaviour Locality . The use of bombing aircraft should support containment operations by aggressively at tacking hotspots and spot- Grassland but potentially still fast moving depending on weather conditions at the overs, White Cypress Pine time. To Hay Aerial Water Hay LGA . The use of bombing aircraft without the support of ground based suppression crews should be limited to very Grassy & Boonaree mid- An interval between fire events less than 8 years and greater than Bombing specific circumstances, Woodlands high Open 40 years should be avoided. Where practicable foam should be used to increase the effectiveness of the water, Woodland . Ground crews must be alerted to water bombing operations. Fire History The fire history data for this area is incomplete. Aerial ignition may be used during back-burning or fuel reduction operations where practicable, but only with the Ephemeral Ephemeral fuel conditions occur after consecutive years of effective rainfall and significant flooding events. This in turn leads to the growth and build up of fine surface Aerial prior consent of NPWS Regional Manager, OEH Section 44 delegate or as prescribed in an operational burn plan, fuels such as grasses and herbs, which can create a continuous fuel load across all of the above vegetation communities. As a result expect higher fire intensity. Ignition . Aerial ignition will only be undertaken by accredited navigators & bombardiers, Conditions . The pattern for aerial ignition will be specified in the IAP during fire suppression, tfall Drain u C Drought During drought conditions and when vegetation communities are visibly stressed it will be difficult to undertake prescribed burning across many communities as the O y o . l Utilise incendiaries to rapidly burn out large areas where required. surface fuels will be very low. Wildfire areas will be minimised. Scale 1:35,000 l Conditions b a . Temperature and humidity trends must be monitored carefully to determine the safest times to implement back - b b This reserve has not experienced fire for an extended period of time, therefore a mosaic approach to fire management with post fire recovery and response assessments m 0 0.5 1 km H burns. Generally, when the FDI is Very High or greater, back-burning should commence when the humidity begins Mosaic l e l w should be undertaken. Apply fire in a pattern across the reserve that allows gaps in both time and space, small versus large areas, scattered and variable times between Co y to rise in the late afternoon or early evening, with a lower FDI back-burning may be safely undertaken during the y Burning fires in any location. If possible leave some areas of each vegetation community unburnt, as an end stage and reference site. w Conargo LGA Back-burning day, H b . b Where practicable, clear a 1m radius around dead and hollow bearing trees adjacent to containment lines prior to o back-burning, or wet down these trees as part of the back-burn ignition, C . Use parallel containment lines when applicable, Scale1:500,000 . All personnel must be fully briefed before back-burning operations begin. 0 4 8 km . Standard Incident Management Systems are to be applied, Contact Information To Deniliquin . Command & On the arrival of other combatant agencies, the initial incident controller will consult with regard to the ongoing Agency Position / Location Phone Control command, control and incident management team requirements as per the relevant BFMC Plan of Operations, Duty Officer (8am-10pm) 02 6332 6350 . Where OEH is not the first responding fire authority to arrive at a fire on OEH-managed lands, a competent officer National Parks Regional Office – 200 of the first arriving fire authority will direct fire management activities until a competent OEH officer assumes 02 6966 8100 control (unless prior agreements have been made). & Wildlife Service Yambil St. Griffith Fire Season Information . Construction of new containment lines should be avoided, where practicable, except where they can be Murray Area Office 03 5483 9100 The critical wildfire season generally occurs constructed with minimal environmental impact, Mid Murray Zone Duty Officer (AH) 03 5881 6297 from October/November to March/April. Incident Map . For new containment lines IMT to liaise with and receive consent from a Senior NPWS officer prior to construction, NSW Rural Fire Deniliquin FCC 305 Dry lightning storms frequently occur and . 03 5881 5351 typical fire weather conditions are winds from Containment Use parallel containment lines when applicable, Service Duncan St, Deniliquin Lines . Wildfires the west to the north, high day time All containment lines not required for other purposes should be closed at the cessation of the incident, NSW Fire Brigades Deniliquin Fire Station 03 5881 7401 . All personal involved in containment line construction should be briefed on both natural and cultural h eritage sites temperatures and low humidity NPWS Estate State Forests Deniliquin – Duty Mobile 0408 675 211 . Particular care is required following periods of in the location, 33 33 . Containment line construction using earthmoving equipment must be in accordance with the earthmoving Emergency Services 000 Winter rain and after periods of negative Water body guidelines contained within the RFMS. SES 13 2500 Southern Oscillation Indices. Gate . Earthmoving equipment may only be used with the prior consent of a senior NPWS officer, and then only if the Police Station (not Deniliquin 03 5881 9499 Prescribed burning should generally be probability of its success is high, undertaken during late Autumn, Winter or early open 24 hrs) Hay (Not 24 hours) 02 6993 1100 Prescribed Fire Trails BFCC Policy No. 2/2007 . Earthmoving equipment must always be guided and supervised by an appropriately experienced person, and Spring Police - Local Area Burning accompanied by a support vehicle. When engaged in direct or parallel attack this vehicle must be a fire fighting Deniliquin 03 5881 9437 .