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This includes directing aerial bombing and Wet sclerophyll forests • Potential rates of spread during extended dry seasons is K • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events aerial ignition operations Silver top Stringybark / High due to MODERATE - VERY HIGH OFH Nandewar Box / Ribbon Gum / Aerial operations • The use of bombing aircraft without the support of ground based suppression crews should be limited to very specific - 50 years This strategy should be used in conjunction with aerial photography and field reconnaissance during incidents and the White Box open forests • High potential for spotting H circumstances. • Selected areas to be maintained with interval development of incident action plans. o Bobbiwaa CCAZ3 SCA r greater than 100 years to • All aerial ignition operations require the consent of the NPWS Regional Manager or the Section 44 Appointee. These data are not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife and its employees disclaim liability for any act done RFMS Page 2 n Kamila Montane forests and • Minimum interval between low intensity fire events roi Hig Roa • All personnel must be fully briefed before back burning operations begin. on the informat ion in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions. Wee Waa hw d woodlands - 20 years • Potential rates of spread during extended dry seasons is !( a Mount Kaputar NP • Backburning in areas of Low – Moderate OFH will require the use of wind, slope or low humidity to maximise d y Snow Gum / Mountain Gum / This document is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research criticism or review, as permitted under the oa Backburning effectiveness. • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events High due to MODERATE - VERY HIGH OFH R Killarney CCAZ3 SCA Nandewar Box / Western New copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. a Engl and Blackbutt open forests - 100 years illig • Backburning should be avoided in steep terrain until fire fronts are within proximity of control lines. The aim is to This strategy is a relevant Plan under Section 38 (4) and Section 44 (3) of Rural Fires Act 1997. P Narrabri Riparian forests, !( minimse length of fire run and spotting potential. • Avoid implementing moderate – high intensity The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the NSW Office of Environment and Heri tage. • Avoid upslope backburning into Dry Rainforests, Semi-evergreen Vine Thickets and Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby habitats woodlands and burning operations Barraba shrublands RFMS Page 3 !( • The first combatant agency on site may assume control of the fire, but then must ensure the relevant land management • Avoid burning areas with dry rainforest elements • Potential rates of spread would be low to moderate due to Published by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, March 2012. Command & River Oak / Rough-bar ked Brigalow SCA DeriahK CCAZ2 AA agency is notified promptly. Apple / Blakelys Red Gum / and riparian zone vegetation MOD ERATE OFH Contact: Northern Plains Region a Control m • On the arrival of other combatant agencies, the initial Incident Controller will consult with regard to the ongoing White Cypress / Black Tea-tree • Minimum interval between fire events less than 20 i / Riparian Tea-tree tall PO Box 72 Narrabri 2390 NSW . Ph 02 6792 7350 l ar command, control and incident management team requirements as per the relevant BFMC Plan of Operations. woodl ands and shrublands years and greater than 70 years should be avoided o i • New containment lines require the prior consent of a senior NPWS officer. ISBN 978 1 74293 152 4 OEH 2011/0113 Date Approved: 11 September 2013 H Cypress Pine / i gh Leard CCAZ3 SCA • Construction of new containment lines should be avoided, where practicable, except where they can be constructed Eucalypt woodlands • Minimum interval between fire events - 15 years w M • Potential rates of spread would be low to moderate due to Pilliga CCAZ3 SCA a with minimal environmental impact. and open forests y a Containment Lines • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events LOW -MODERATE OFH Contact Information n White Box / White Pine / Black y i l • Existing or previous roads, tracks and control lines should be used wherever possible. - 50 years a la Pine / Narrow-l eaved Ironbar k / • Localised areas of HIGH OFH may occur Agency Position / Location Phone w R • All personal involved in containment line construction should be briefed on, and must consider both natural and cultural • Motherumbah stands require high intensity fire h Silver-leaved Ironbark / o ig ga heritage sites in the location. woodlands and open forests National Parks Duty Officer (24 hour) 6792 4680 an ri Road a H R d

& Wildlife Service Narrabri Area Office (bus. hours) 6792 7300 ll Boggabri • All containment lines not required for other purposes should be closed immediately at the cessation of the incident. • Motherumbah stands require high intensity fire e !( • Potential rates of spread is usually low due to NIL - LOW Zone Manager 0427 101 124 w • Plant may only be used with the prior consent of a senior NPWS Officer. Rocky Woodlands • Exclude low intensity prescribed burns and NSW RFS Namoi - Gywdir Zone e Hill Red Gum / Tumbledown OFH Duty Officer 6799 6707 • Plant must always be guided and supervised by an experienced officer, and accompanied by a support vehicle. When backburns 05km 1020304050 Gum / Cypress / Motherumbah • Some areas will not carry any fire due to rock cover Zone Manager 0427 895 619 Geocetric Datuom of Australia (GDA 94) engaged in direct or parallel attack, this vehicle must be a fire fighting vehicle. shrubby low woodlands • Minimum interval for fire events between 50 & 100 NSW RFS Namoi - Tamworth Zone Scale: 1:1,000,000 • May be used as a suppression advantage Duty Officer 6762 7641 • Containment lines running along valley areas should be constructed at 20 – 50 metres from the gullyline to avoid years, no maximum period applied Berrygil Creek – David Kirby 6793 7858 ² severe erosion. Shrublands Earthmoving Bullawa / Eulah Ck – Max Verrier 6793 5241 • Plant must not work in areas with slopes greater than 20 degrees. • Avoid prescribed burns during extended dry • Potential rates of spread is high due to VERY HIGH Equipment Wet heaths Grattai – Nigel Guest 6793 8627 Benchmarks for extreme fire behaviour • Plant must not work in areas with extensive rock shelves. Kunzea / Tea-tree wet heaths periods elevated fuel hazard Lindsay – Paul Streeter 6783 1421 • Deriah AA - Mechanical construction of control lines is not permitted. Plant use permitted along existing roads and and hanging swamps Maules Creek – Mike Nott 6794 4529 The Kaputar Range is characterised by periodic landscape scale fire events. These have exceeded 10,000 hectares, and are likel y to RFS Rural Fire Brigades tracks to prepare lines, and assist with mop-up • Minimum interval between fire events - 8 years Mulgate Creek - Ron Campey 6793 3129 occur during prolonged droughts or intense dry periods. The fire growth has been generall y steady, and the duration exceeding a month.. Shrublands • Potential rates of spread is low due to NIL - LOW OFH • Wilderness areas – Plant will be restricted to existing roads and trails. Kunzea / Heath Myr tle • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events Rocky Creek – Will Cannington 6783 4380 • Some areas will not carry any fire due to rock cover The January 2013 fire in the Warrumbungles has demonstrated the potential extreme fire behaviour for the Kaputar Range. A pyro- • Plant must be washed down, where practicable, prior to it entering NPWS estate and again on exiting NPWS estate. heathlands on rocky outcrops - 25 years Upper Horton – Robert Kelly 6782 7272 convective event developed from fires commencing at lower altitudes and moving into steep slopes during severe fire weather. Fire Fire Suppression • The use of foam, gels and retardants will NOT be permitted within 50 metres of dams and watercourses holding water. Wallah – Bill Pownall 6794 4822 fronts were recorded moving at 4 kms in 30 minutes, with intense spotting igniting the landscape 10 kms downwind. This was followed by Chemicals • The aerial application use foam, gels and retardants requires the approval of the Regional Manager or delegate • Minimum interval between fire events - 15 years Wea - Phil Wilson 6782 7247 Mallee woodland • Potential rates of spread is high due to VERY HIGH a southerly change causing a broad fire front moving up to 14 kms northwards. Green Mall ee / Wilga NSW Fire Brigade Newcastle 4929 7177 • Where practicable, containment lines should be stabilised and rehabilitated as part of the wildfire suppression • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events elevated fuel hazard Rehabilitation woodl ands - 25 years Emergency Services Police, Fire, Ambulance 000 Where there is any risk of a fire moving towards steep slopes, the ember drop zones should be immediately identified, and emergency operation. responses initiated in anticipation. Consider deployment of a bulk water carrier to support fire operations. SES 13 2500 • • Prescribed burning in regeneration areas should be Watering points Regenerating • Potential rates of spread dependant on grass and shrub Police Narrabri 6792 7199 • Consider deployment of 1,000 lt pallet tanks, to be refilled by helicopters, to reduce fire unit turn around. scheduled according to a revegetation / Council Narrabri Shire • Water for aerial use may be lifted from the lower treatment pond, if drop zone is 50 metres from watercourses woodlands cover 6792 6866 rehabilitation plan Narrabri Airport S 30 19.2 E 149 49.6 Operational Guidelines – Heritage Smoke • Potential smoke impacts and mitigation tactics will be assessed during the planning of fire operations. • Minimum interval between fire events should be Management • Broadcast Australia must be contacted when smoke is assessed to impact broadcast facilities • Potential rates of spread dependant on seasonal conditions Resource Guidelines greater than 2 years • Walking trails and public use facilities will be closed, where assessed necessary, during: Grasslands • A LOW OFH occurs during dry seasons Related documents Modified trees (AS1), including scarred trees Grassl ands and deri ved • Prescribed burning in regeneration areas should be ♦ fire operations; • A MODERATE – HIGH OFH may develop after successive • Benson, J (2010) NSW Vegetation classification & assessment: Part 3 Plant communities of the NSW Brigalow Belt South, Nandewar. • Protect the site from fire, clear base of litter and shrubs, Visitor grasslands scheduled according to a revegetation / ♦ days of forecast Catastrophic Fire Danger wet seasons producing continuous cover Cunninghamia11 (4) 457-579 exclude site tree from fire where possible Management rehabilitation plan • No guided activities will be permitted during periods of Severe+ Fire Danger, or during fire operations. • Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (2010) Fire Management Manual • Foam may be used to protect the tree, or to extinguish fire OFH – Overall fuel hazard - A rating system that includes leaf litter, grasses, shrubs, bark type and bark condition. Consists of ratings for surface • Implement the evacuation plan during Catastrophic Fire Danger, or fires threatening walking tracks and visitor facilities. • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Beresford Park & Carinya addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • Do not cut trees fuel, near-surface fuel, elevated fuel and bark. • Remote area fire fighting operations should be postponed, or abandoned, if there is: • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Deriah Aboriginal Area.. Report to NSW NPWS WARNINGS ♦ a high risk of a storm moving through the area; or • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Formosa addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS Ground based sites (AS2), including: ♦ a forecast significant wind change. • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Montawaa addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS Aboriginal Cultural Heritage camp sites, artefacts, burials, grinding grooves, waterholes, shelters and quarries • Protect site from any ground disturbance, including the use of earth-moving equipment and vehicles • Power lines with long spans located at: • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Playgan addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS Site Management ♦ east of Bullawa Creek • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Rusden addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS Plant resource sites (AS3), including bush medicines sites ♦ Bullawa Creek to The Governor, north of Mount Kaputar Road • National Parks and Wildlife Service (2006) Mount Kaputar National Park Plan of Management • Protect site from physical disturbance AVIATION ♦ The Governor to Mount Dowe • Porteners, M.F. (1997) Vegetation survey of sub-alpine communities in Mt Kaputar NP. Report to NSW NPWS HAZARDS • Winds from the NW to SW can produce severe turbulence within the Nandewar Ranges. The turbulence may extend • Porteners, M.F. (1998) Vegetation survey of Mt Kaputar NP (southern portion). Report to NSW NPWS Deriah Aboriginal Area some distance. • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted The risk of turbulence must be assessed on the lee-side of steep terrain. Operations should be suspended during Fire Season Information • Plant use permitted along existing roads and tracks to prepare lines, and assist with mop-up periods of high turbulence.

• The critical wildfire season generally occurs during November and December. Historic structures, including: • During periods of strong negative Southern Oscillation Indices (El Nino events), this period may commence late Suppression Strategies Wildfires Scutts Hut, Carinya Homestead, Beresford Park Homestead, Foggy Dell woolshed, Vegetation September and extend into the first half of January. the Chinese Fence, Survey trees, geodetic stations, troughs Conditions & forecast Guidelines The end of the critical fire season is often marked by wet storm activity. • • Protect the site from fire, exclude area from fire where possible BKDI < 100, or • A broad containment strategy using existing roads, tracks, rocky areas, low fuel areas and • Effective prescribed burning may need to be conducted once the “critical fire season” and thunderstorm season is over. Historic Heritage • Foam may be used to protect the structures, or to extinguish fire BKDI >100+ and outside critical fire season recently burnt areas. Prescribed This is due to the LOW - MODERATE Overall Fuel Hazard for some vegetation types. Prescribed burning attempted after Site Management Stable conditions forecast Broad Vegetation Communities Burning • Monitor during periods of lower KBDI. autumn rain is unlikely to be effective. Historic precincts, including: • Consider deployment of RAFT crews as a first response. Bark Hut logging area, Bundoleer homestead, Fay Greens humpy, Koala Hut, Ningadoo homestead BKDI >100 & Dry rainforests within critical fire season • Consider a strategy that uses a combination of ground crews, machinery and fire units to • Protect site from any ground disturbance, including the use of earth-moving equipment contain the fire. Communications Information Wet sclerophyll forests Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby and Australian Brush Turkey habitats • Consider a strategy containing the fire to the smallest area practicable, using a combination of ground crews, fire units, machinery and aircraft. Service Channel Location and Comments • Avoid upslope burning into Rock-wallaby and Brush Turkey habitats Severe+ FDI forecast Montane forests and woodlands 30 z The Governor NPWS VHF • Any proposed backburning must be assessed on the required resources, their capacity and the 29 z The Tops Endangered ecological communities –Dry Vine Rainforests & Ooline community NOTE: Potential “ramp” time required to mop-up and secure proposed burn edges prior to the onset of Severe + Riparian forests and woodlands P069 z The Governor conditions, and then hold. RFS • Avoid upslope high intensity burning into communities Cypress Pine - Eucalypt woodlands P070 z Moree • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted NOTE: Backburning should be avoided in steep terrain until fire fronts are within proximity of control lines. z Small fires - Channel 10 Threatened Flora and UHF - CB • Avoid the aerial application of fire suppression chemicals The aim is to time backburning to minimise length of fire run and spotting potential. z Large fires - determined by IMT Fauna Management Rocky Eucalypt open woodlands • Exclude prescribed burning Fire behaviour calculations should consider both Surface and 1500 metres wind forecasts Aviation - CTAF 126.7 Shrublands - wet heaths Cellphone • Telstra 3G variable coverage Endangered ecological communities – Grassy Box Woodlands & Carex Sedgelands The park has very steep terrain, which results in highly variable communications. Communications may be augmented by portable repeaters. Booroolong Frog habitats Shrublands Maps on fixed and potential temporary repeater sites are located in the Narrabri Area Operations Room. • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted Mallee Woodlands

Regenerating woodlands Operational Constraints Status of Biodiversity Thresholds Prescribed Burn Availability Bushfire Risk Management Strategies Grasslands Vegetation Consecutive fire intervals This area is available for The objective of this zone Av a il ab l e fo r prescribed burning, subject is to protect historic Too frequently are shorter than the Asset Protection prescribed to fuel levels and ecological structures by maintaining Declared Wilderness burnt recommended minimum Zone interval. burning thresholds, and excluding the Overall Fuel Hazard at Scale 1:175,000 The current fire interval is riparian zones. LOW. This area is generally has The objective of this zone Vulnerable to shorter than the Available only LOW or MODERATE OFH, is to reduce fire intensity in frequent fire recommended minimum during VERY prescribed burning effective locations to assist interval. HIGH FDI Asset Strategic Fire only under VERY HIGH FDI containment of wildfires, by The time-since-fire is Protection Advantage Zones This area is available for maintaining the Overall greater than the Available – prescribed burning, subject Zones Fuel Hazard less than Within threshold recommended minimum, regeneration to requirements specified HIGH and less than the management recommended maximum. within a revegetation plan The objective of this zone is to conserve biodiversity This area is unavailable for Land Management The current fire interval is and protect cultural Unavailable for prescribed burning, due to Zones Long unburnt longer than the suggested heritage by applying interval. prescribed NIL or LOW OFH, burning discontinuous fuel or biodiversity thresholds ecological requirements. Availability for burning must be referenced with the Status of Biodiversity Thresholds.

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