Have you prepared your Bush Fire Survival Plan? Download a copy of the Bush Fire Survival Plan from www.rfs.nsw.gov.au 3 1 2 1 4f 4e 4b 4h 4c 4a 2 2 4g 3 4d 4i 8 5 5 7 6 7 5 TORR IN GT O N R O AD SI L E NT G R O V E RO AD E M MAV I L L E RO AD TENT HILL ROAD BATES ROAD BU TLER S R OAD C AT A R R H CR EE K RO A D S HE R R ATT ROAD T O R R I N G T O N T O W N TRA IL SH E R R A T T A C C ES S T R A IL M C D O W E L LS L ANE L O C K W O ODS L A N E T O R R I N G T O N T O W N T R AIL MARVEN TRAIL S H E R R A T T A CC E SS T R A I L T O M T O Y A V EN U E WARNING INFORMATION Torrington PRODUCTION INFORMATION WORKS PROGRAM LEGEND Zone Purpose Supression Objectives Zone Characteristics Asset Protection Zone Strategic Fire Advantage Zone Resident Preparation Zone
1
Embed
Torrington - NSW RFS€¦ · Have you prepared your Bush Fire Survival Plan? Download a copy of the Bush Fire Survival Plan from F i n n e g a n s s S t r e e t Gilli
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Have you prepared your Bush Fire Survival Plan?Download a copy of the Bush Fire Survival Plan
PRODUCTION INFORMATIONP rint Date : Nove mbe r 2015P rod uc e d by: NSW Rural Fire Se rvic e
Base Data: LP MA Cadastre and Topo DatabaseMap P roje c tion: GCS GDA 1994Approve d : 18/08/2015
WORKS PROGRAM
LEGEND
Zone Purpose Supression Objectives Zone CharacteristicsAs pe r RFS d oc ume nt Standards for Asse tP rote c tion Z one s.
To e nable the safe use of Dire c t Attac ksuppre ssion strate gie s within the zone .To minimise bush fire impacts onund e fe ndable asse ts.
To prote c t human life , prope rtyand highly value d publicasse ts.
Asset ProtectionZone
Strategic FireAdvantageZone
To provid e strate gic are as offire prote c tion advantagewhic h will re d uc e the spe e dand inte nsity of bush fire s, andre d uc e the pote ntial for spotfire d e ve lopme nt;To aid c ontainme nt of wild fire sto e xisting manage me ntboundarie s.
ResidentPreparation Zone
To id e ntify that re sid e nts havea vital role to play in bush firerisk manage me nt and thatthe y are re sponsible for the irown prope rty pre pare d ne ss.
To inc re ase the pre pare dne ss of re sid e ntsfor bush fire and e nsure that ve ge tation inc lose proximity to re sid e ntial asse ts aread e q uate ly maintaine d . To provid e ad e fe nd able spac e for re sid e nts / firefighte rs and c omple me nt hazard re d uc tionworks carrie d out within Asse t P rote c tionZ one s / Strate gic Fire Advantage Z one s.
Re sid e nts should strive to ac hie ve a 'Fire -Safe 'prope rty as outline d in the illustration above .Conc e rns re gard ing the bush fire safe ty ofne ighbouring prope rtie s should be raise d withthe NSW Rural Fire Se rvic e .
To improve the like lihood and safe use of:P aralle l Attac k suppre ssion strate gie swithin the zone .and/orInd ire c t Attac k (bac k burning) in high tove ry high fire we athe r c ond itions within thezone .To re duc e the like lihood of:Crown fire d e ve lopme nt within the zone .and/orSpot fire ignition pote ntial from the zone .
Z one wid th re late d to suppre ssion obje c tive s andd e pe nd ant upon:•Topography•Aspe c t•Spotting prope nsity•Location of adjac e nt fire bre aks•Mosaic patte rn of tre atme ntAsse ss Ove rall Fue l Hazard (OFH) onc eve ge tation c ommunitie s re ac h minimum firethre shold s within this plan. Manage me nt practic e sshould aim to ac hie ve mosaic fue l re d uctionpatte rns so that the majority of the SFAZ has anOFH of le ss than high.