information gained from monitoring and evaluation activities • how well bushfire management actions and strategies are achieving the two primary objectives for bushfire management • on public land. Information from monitoring and evaluation will be made available in ways that increases the capacity to interpret the 223 information and apply it to their local situation. The Department will prepare reports over various timeframes focusing on different aspects of its work: 224 Action reporting will be undertaken annually and focus on the efficiency of the actions (for example the level of planned • burning). Strategy reporting will be undertaken at least every five years and focus on the effectiveness of bushfire management • strategies to reduce risks to bushfire management objectives. Objective reporting will be undertaken every ten years and focus on the achievement of identified objectives for bushfire • management on public land. The Department will provide reports as required by legislation, such as reports to the Fire Services Commissioner required 225 under the Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010 and the Forests Act 1958. Definitions Authorised Officer Authorised Officer means an Authorised Officer appointed under Part 9 of the Conservation Forests and Lands Act 1987. 226 Bushfire A general term used to describe a fire in any vegetation. 227 Bushfire management All those activities undertaken to reduce bushfire hazard and impacts on communities, industries and the environment 228 including: actions directed to risk management, prevention, preparedness, fuel management, response, recovery, monitoring, • evaluation and reporting. actions legislation, policy, planning, community engagement, training, equipment, communications, and research. • the use of fire to meet land management and ecological objectives. • Department The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment or its future equivalent. 229 Fire Protected Area As defined under the Forests Act 1958, includes any land, which is – 230 (a) within any public land (as defined in this Code); or (b) (unless excised in accordance with the Forests Act 1958) within 1.5 km of – i any reserved forest or area of unoccupied Crown land proclaimed as a protected forest; ii any national park; or iii any protected public land. (c) Protected forest all unoccupied Crown land proclaimed as such under the Forests Act 1958 or any corresponding previous enactment, and every unused road and every water frontage as defined in the Land Act 1958. Planned burning The deliberate application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, 231 intensity and rate of spread required to achieve planned resource management objectives. Protected public land
• information gained from monitoring and evaluation activities • how well bushfire management actions and strategies are achieving the two primary objectives for bushfire management on public land. 223 Information from monitoring and evaluation will be made available in ways that increases the capacity to interpret the information and apply it to their local situation. 224 The Department will prepare reports over various timeframes focusing on different aspects of its work: • Action reporting will be undertaken annually and focus on the efficiency of the actions (for example the level of planned burning). • Strategy reporting will be undertaken at least every five years and focus on the effectiveness of bushfire management strategies to reduce risks to bushfire management objectives. • Objective reporting will be undertaken every ten years and focus on the achievement of identified objectives for bushfire management on public land. 225 The Department will provide reports as required by legislation, such as reports to the Fire Services Commissioner required under the Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010 and the Forests Act 1958. Definitions Authorised Officer 226 Authorised Officer means an Authorised Officer appointed under Part 9 of the Conservation Forests and Lands Act 1987. Bushfire 227 A general term used to describe a fire in any vegetation. Bushfire management 228 All those activities undertaken to reduce bushfire hazard and impacts on communities, industries and the environment including: • actions directed to risk management, prevention, preparedness, fuel management, response, recovery, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. • actions legislation, policy, planning, community engagement, training, equipment, communications, and research. • the use of fire to meet land management and ecological objectives. Department 229 The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment or its future equivalent. Fire Protected Area 230 As defined under the Forests Act 1958, includes any land, which is – (a) within any public land (as defined in this Code); or (b) (unless excised in accordance with the Forests Act 1958) within 1.5 km of – i any reserved forest or area of unoccupied Crown land proclaimed as a protected forest; ii any national park; or iii any protected public land. (c) Protected forest all unoccupied Crown land proclaimed as such under the Forests Act 1958 or any corresponding previous enactment, and every unused road and every water frontage as defined in the Land Act 1958. Planned burning 231 The deliberate application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, intensity and rate of spread required to achieve planned resource management objectives. Protected public land
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