Murray Valley Regional Park Operational Guidelines Contact Information Locality RFS Fire Brigade Areas & Towers Brief all personnel involved in suppression operations on the following issues using the SMEACS format: Agency Position / Location Phone Sturt High Kyalite & Liewa Precincts way Hay LGA General Guidelines Duty Officer (8am-10pm) 02 6332 6350 Balranald Homebush Fire Management Strategy 2012 Sturt Highway West . The use of bombing aircraft should support containment operations by aggressively attacking hotspots and spot-overs, National Parks Regional Office – 200 Yanga N.P Mapsheet 1 of 1 . 02 6966 8100 Aerial Water The use of bombing aircraft without the support of ground based suppression crews should be limited to very specific Mur Balranald LGA & Wildlife Service Yambil St. Griffith ray Balranald Yanga Bombing circumstances, R y This strategy should be used in conjunction with aerial photography and field reconnaissance during incidents and the development of incident action plans. iv a Hay Area Office 02 6990 8200 e w 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 on the . Where practicable foam should be used to increase the effectiveness of the water, r h g i H inform ation in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions. T his document is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research . Ground crews must be alerted to water bombing operations. Weimby e criticism or review , as permitted under the copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. This strategy is a relevant Plan u nder Duty Officer (AH) 03 5881 6297 d Mid Murray Zone u Section 38 (4) and Section 44 (3) of Ru ral Fires Act 1997. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage. Published . Aerial ignition may be used during back-burning or fuel reduction operations where practicable, but only with the prior consent of a NSW Rural Fire M CorowaWakool LGA LGA by the Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW). Aerial NPWS Regional Manager, OEH Section 44 delegate or as prescribed in an operational burn plan, Deniliquin FCC 305 Duncan C ontact: OEH PW G Regional Office: 200 Yambil St, Griffith NSW 2680 P.O. Box 1049 Griffith NSW 2680 ph. 02 6966 8100 Ignition . Service 03 5881 5351 Kyalite Kyalite-Burrawang Aerial ignition will only be undertaken by accredited bombardiers, E St, Deniliquin dwa . rd R Perekerton ISBN 978 174293 666 6 OEH 2012/0462 Date: August 2012 Version No: 1 The pattern for aerial ignition will be specified in the IAP during fire suppression, iver GoodnightKyalite-Burrawang . Utilise incendiaries to rapidly burn out large areas where required. State Forests Deniliquin – Duty Mobile 0408 675 211 Map Details Related Documents Tooleybuc W Kyalite Emergency a P058 . k Tooleybuc Temperature and humidity trends must be monitored carefully to determine the safest times to implement back-burns. Generally, o 000 o Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) 1994 1:50k Topographic Map: Kyalite 7528-S OEH Fire Management Services l R when the FDI is Very High or greater, back-burning should commence when the humidity begins to rise in the late afternoon or iver P029 Projection: Map Grid of Australia (MGA) Zone 54 (AGD-1966) Manual 2011 - 2012. early evening, with a lower FDI back-burning may be safely undertaken during the day, Tooleybuc Back-burning SES 13 2500 Data: Spot Satellite Imagery: 2005. Scale: Noted scales are true when printed on . Where practicable, clear a 1m radius around dead and hollow bearing trees adjacent to containment lines prior to back-burning, Mallan Police Station Balranald 03 5020 1404 Scale 1:1,000,000 A1 size paper or wet down these trees as part of the back-burn ignition, Scale 1:1,000,000 Koraleigh . (not open 24 hrs) Moulamein 03 5887 5004 Use parallel containment lines when applicable, 0 7 14 km 0 6 12 km . All personnel must be fully briefed before back-burning operations begin. Police - Local Deniliquin 03 5881 9437 . Standard Incident Management Systems are to be applied, Area Command . On the arrival of other combatant agencies, the initial incident controller will consult with regard to the ongoing command, control Command & Vegetation and incident management team requirements as per the relevant BFMC Plan of Operations, Balranald 03 5020 1606 Control Hospital . Where OEH is not the first responding fire authority to arrive at a fire on OEH-managed lands, a competent officer of the first Swan Hill 03 5033 9300 Scale 1:75,000 arriving fire authority will direct fire management activities until a competent OEH officer assumes control (unless prior agreements have been made). Wakool Shire Council 03 5887 5007 Threatened Sites Guidelines Council 0 1 2 km . Construction of new containment lines should be avoided, where practicable, except where they can be constructed with minimal Balranald Shire Council 03 5020 1300 Site Guidelines environmental impact, . For new containment lines IMT to liaise with and receive consent from a Senior NPWS officer prior to construction, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Site Management Containment . Use parallel containment lines when applicable, An Aboriginal sites survey is yet to be conducted for this reserve (as of August 2012). Lines . All containment lines not required for other purposes should be closed at the cessation of the incident, Note Avoid fire and grading control lines within 100 m of a water course, wherever possible, to protect unknown . All personal involved in containment line construction should be briefed on both natural and cultural heritage sites in the location, Aboriginal sites. Containment line construction using earthmoving equipment must be in accordance with the earthmoving guidelines contained within the RFMS. Communications Information Threatened Fauna Management . Earthmoving equipment may only be used with the prior consent of a senior NPWS officer, and then only if the probability of its . FA1 Utilise mosaic burning and avoid disturbance at known sightings, roostings or refuges and avoid frequent fire (<6 success is high, Service Channel Location and Comments years). Earthmoving equipment must always be guided and supervised by an appropriately experienced person, and accompanied by a . NPWS (Yanga) 02 UHF . Utilise mosaic burning, avoid disturbance at known sightings, roostings or refuges, avoid frequent fire (<6 years) support vehicle. When engaged in direct or parallel attack this vehicle must be a fire fighting vehicle, RFS Balranald P062 . Lowbidgee FA2 . Containment lines constructed by earthmoving equipment should consider the protection of drainage features, observe the and exclude chemical use. Earthmoving Threatened Species and Cultural Heritage Operational Guidelines, and be surveyed, where possible, to identify unknown RFS Wakool P029 . Moulamein FA3 . Utilise mosaic burning and protect hollow bearing trees. Equipment cultural heritage sites, State Forests . 19 . Deniliquin/Mathoura FA4 Utilise mosaic burning, protect hollow bearing trees and avoid frequent fire (< 6—10 years ). Earthmoving equipment must not leave tracks or create new tracks in Machinery Exclusion areas as marked on the Incident Map UHF - CB of a RFMS, . Threatened Flora Management . Earthmoving equipment must be washed down, where practicable, prior to it entering NPWS estate and again on exiting NPWS State Forests VHF 222 Barham estate, FL2 . Utilise mosaic burning . Where multiple items of earthmoving equipment are being used, the IMT should consider the establishment of a Plant Operations Manager. Fire Advantage . All fire advantages used during wildfire suppression operations must be mapped and where relevant added to the database. Recording Incident Map . Use of wetting and foaming agents (surfactants) is permitted on the reserve, Fire . The use of fire retardants are only permitted with the prior consent of the senior NPWS officer and should be avoided where Fire Season Information reasonable alternatives are available, Suppression . Chemicals . Exclude the use of surfactants and retardants within 50m of watercourses, dams and swamps, The critical wildfire season generally occurs from October/November to March/April. Areas where fire suppression chemicals are used must be mapped and the used product’s name recorded, Dry lightning storms frequently occur and typical fire weather conditions are winds from . The Threatened Species Operational Guidelines are to be observed. Wildfires the west to the north, high day time temperatures and low humidity . Particular care is required following periods of Winter rain and after periods of negative Vegetation Map Legend Rehabilitation . Where practicable, containment lines should be stabilised and rehabilitated as part of the wildfire suppression operation. Southern Oscillation Indices. Broad . Vegetation The potential impacts of smoke and possible mitigation tactics must be considered when planning for wildfire suppression and Vegetation Biodiversity Thresholds Fire Behaviour prescribed burning operations, Type Smoke . Prescribed burning should generally be undertaken during Autumn, Winter or early Class Management . If smoke becomes a hazard on local roads or highways, the police and relevant media must be notified, Prescribed . Spring Smoke management must be in accordance with relevant RTA traffic management guidelines. Richarsons Road An interval between fire events less 32 Burning . Care should