Risk from people Includes campfires escaping camping on public land and recreational users in Loss of life, loss of and recreational users remote areas and National assets, time and in the Mansfield Shire Recreational Park Alpine recognised areas. 5 People & Social cost of recovery, from fire with Social users, Increased surveillance of Unlikely Moderate Serious a) Setting loss of biodiversity, uncontrollable spread to campfires, users on total fire ban days. loss of public grasslands and the Smaller campsites not policed confidence greater region on high heavily. and above FDR days NB 5a & 5 b 2016 Camping equipment, Large numbers of people that Risk to and from poor vigilance are more vulnerable than people, infrastructure People & Social or camping Loss of life, loss of general community. Limited 6 and assets at caravan Social Rare Low Setting practices by assets local knowledge and limited Significant parks in the Mansfield recreational fire fighting capacity or Shire and/or equipment permanent Smoke from Potential loss of life fires outside or (vulnerable people) Risk of power within Communications Reliable electricity is essential infrastructure in People & Social Mansfield loss, limited to community welfare - Mansfield Shire as an 7 Social Setting Shire, community conditioning, water, waste Possible High Major ignition source of fire on Infrastructure lightning, resilience, limited water communications, fire very high and above bushfire, community & fighting capacity, etc FDR days heatwave independent conditions generation Risk to people, Loss of life, assets residences and Machinery Reliable electricity is essential and infrastructure, infrastructure from People & Social fires, to community welfare - loss of production, 8 started on agricultural Social Setting accidents, water, waste Likely High time and cost of Serious land in Mansfield Shire Economic haystack fires, water, communications, recovery, loss of on very high and above lightning firefighting capacity, etc stock FDR days Risk of accidents and failure of machinery Mechanical Heavy fuel loads, threatened starting fires on road Loss of life, assets People & Social failure, human species, large number of fires, Almost 9 reserves in the Social and infrastructure, Setting factors, road fire may use roadsides as Certain High Serious Mansfield Shire on very loss of stock accidents wicks to spread to other areas high and above FDR days
5 a) Risk from people camping on public land and recreational users in the Mansfield Shire from fire with uncontrollable spread to grasslands and the greater region on high and above FDR days Social People & Social Setting Recreational users, campfires, Loss of life, loss of assets, time and cost of recovery, loss of biodiversity, loss of public confidence Includes campfires escaping and recreational users in remote areas and National Park Alpine recognised areas. Increased surveillance of users on total fire ban days. Smaller campsites not policed heavily. NB 5a & 5 b 2016 Unlikely Moderate Serious 6 Risk to and from people, infrastructure and assets at caravan parks in the Mansfield Shire Social People & Social Setting Camping equipment, poor vigilance or camping practices by recreational and/or permanent Loss of life, loss of assets Large numbers of people that are more vulnerable than general community. Limited local knowledge and limited fire fighting capacity or equipment Rare Low Significant 7 Risk of power infrastructure in Mansfield Shire as an ignition source of fire on very high and above FDR days Social People & Social Setting Infrastructure Smoke from fires outside or within Mansfield Shire, lightning, bushfire, heatwave conditions Potential loss of life (vulnerable people) Communications loss, limited community resilience, limited community & independent generation Reliable electricity is essential to community welfare - water, waste water communications, fire fighting capacity, etc Possible High Major 8 Risk to people, residences and infrastructure from started on agricultural land in Mansfield Shire on very high and above FDR days Social People & Social Setting Economic Machinery fires, accidents, haystack fires, lightning Loss of life, assets and infrastructure, loss of production, time and cost of recovery, loss of stock Reliable electricity is essential to community welfare - water, waste water, communications, firefighting capacity, etc Likely High Serious 9 Risk of accidents and failure of machinery starting fires on road reserves in the Mansfield Shire on very high and above FDR days Social People & Social Setting Mechanical failure, human factors, road accidents Loss of life, assets and infrastructure, loss of stock Heavy fuel loads, threatened species, large number of fires, fire may use roadsides as wicks to spread to other areas Almost Certain High Serious conditioning,
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