Draft Fire Operations Plan – Open for comment until 31 Aug

Posted on 20 August, 2013 by Connecting Country

The planned burning program for Victoria over the next three years is now on the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) website for public consideration. Many of the areas have been approved previously for burning. Feedback is being request for a number of new proposed burn areas for the years of 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. In the local area, the new proposed burns are mainly centred around settlement, and are mostly designated as Asset Protection Zones.

The program can be seen by following this link. The Mount Alexander Shire and most of the immediate surrounds occur within the Murray Goldfields sub-region, with the Midlands sub-region occurring nearby to the south of the shire.

DEPI is interested in community feedback on the draft Fire Operation Plans (FOPs): instructions on how to do this are on the above link, but you can also email planned.burning@depi.vic.gov.au . The consultation is open till 31 August 2013.

Connecting Country’s submission to last year’s FOP can be found here (page 1) and here (page 2).