Fuel Reduction Programme Each summer, bushfires in our forests
pose a significant threat to communities in rural areas, and on
the rural-urban interface. Large, uncontrollable bushfires can
have serious consequences for Tasmanians. The Tasmanian
Government has committed funds towards a program of planned fuel
reduction burns to help protect Tasmanians from the threat of
wildfires. The program will see the State's three firefighting
agencies, Forestry Tasmania, the Tasmania Fire Service and the
Parks and Wildlife Service combine their expertise in a
concerted program aimed at reducing fuel loads around the state.
The objective of the inter-agency Fuel Reduction Burning Program
is to create corridors of low fuel loads to help prevent large
wildfires. The program complements but does not replace fuel
reduction burning and other means of fuel reduction close to
houses and other assets. For further information please click
here For further information on fuel reduction burning occurring
on land managed by the Park