Category Archives: Fire Management

Bendigo fire meeting [2]: zones and other problems

Posted on 10 October, 2012 by fobif

Some anguish was expressed in the meeting about the inflexibility of the zones. Members will recall that we are concerned at the large Zone 1 area on Mount Tarrengower, and the Zone 2 south of Guildford. The fact is that … Continue reading →

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Fire: DSE responds to FOBIF submission

Posted on 7 October, 2012 by fobif

We have received a response from DSE to our submission on the draft Fire Operations Plan.  We will be making a comment on this response and the state of consultations on fire management after the upcoming meeting between DSE and … Continue reading →

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Kalimna Park burning: a response

Posted on 11 September, 2012 by fobif

The following is the response submitted to the DSE draft Fire Operations Plan by the Friends of Kalimna Park. The Department proposes to burn two sections of the Park: one, bounded by the tourist road, the town boundary and Hunter’s … Continue reading →

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Fire Operations Plan: a detailed response

Posted on 31 August, 2012 by fobif

FOBIF’s detailed response to the draft Fire Operations Plan for our district is published below. We will know the effect of this and other responses to the draft plan when we attend a meeting with DSE in Bendigo in mid … Continue reading →

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Zone 3: what’s going to happen there?

Posted on 22 August, 2012 by fobif

As we reported on our website last month, DSE has released the draft Fire Operations Plan for consultation. Although FOBIF has many concerns about the plan, and urges members to consult it and make a submission based on their local … Continue reading →

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The view from St Arnaud

Posted on 16 August, 2012 by fobif

The St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club has made a detailed submission to DSE regarding the draft fire operations plan for the St Arnaud area. Below we reprint part of the covering letter attached to the submission. Although of course conditions … Continue reading →

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FOBIF response to fire operations plans

Posted on 6 August, 2012 by fobif

The following is FOBIF’s draft submission on the Fire Operations Plan [see above]. Member feedback is invited: GENERAL COMMENTS 1. We believe that as far as possible, burn areas be small: less than 100 ha. In zones 1 and 2, … Continue reading →

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Mosaic burning research

Posted on 24 July, 2012 by fobif

The Box Ironbark experimental mosaic burning project is under way. The project is the joint responsibility of DSE, Parks Victoria and Latrobe and Deakin universities. Research in the project will be based around 16 planned mosaic burns of 100 ha … Continue reading →

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A new Code of Practice arrives

Posted on 18 July, 2012 by fobif

DSE’s 2012 Code of Practice for Bushfire Management on Public Land is now out. It can be found here. Readers will remember our discussion of the draft  of this document last year. This version is significantly changed from that draft. For … Continue reading →

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Fire consultations continue in Bendigo

Posted on 14 July, 2012 by fobif

Conservation groups [including FOBIF], apiarists and concerned individuals met with DSE representatives in Bendigo last Thursday to discuss the upcoming Fire Operations Program [FOP]. The meeting was organised by DSE and the North Central Victorian Combined Environment Groups. DSE fire … Continue reading →

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