2020 Fuel Reduction Burn Program
Published on 11 March 2020
The City of Launceston expects to begin its annual fuel reduction burn program from Monday, March 16, weather depending.
The Council uses a range of vegetation management programs to minimise bushfire risk, including fuel reduction burns.
The aim of the annual fuel reduction program is to reduce existing fire hazards, protect property and other assets and to assist in the regeneration of degraded bushland.
This year, the program will include fuel reduction burns at:
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● Merthyr Park, Lilydale
● Machens Reserve, Kings Meadows
● Salisbury Crescent, West Launceston
● Meadow Ridge Reserve, Kings Meadows
● Youngtown Regional Park, Youngtown
● Invermay silt ponds
● Cataract Gorge Reserve, West Launceston and Summerhill
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● Russells Plains, Rocherlea
● Cambridge Street Reserve, West Launceston
● Punchbowl Reserve, Punchbowl
● Freelands Lookout, Trevallyn
● Carr Villa Bushland, Kings Meadows
● West Tamar silt ponds
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In total, 16 fuel reduction burns have been planned at locations across the municipality, with multiple burns at some sites.
Detailed operational plans have been prepared for each burn, including risk assessment and smoke modelling and dispersion.
Operations are expected to take one day. While fire intensity is expected to be low, burns may generate flames, smoke and ash which may persist until the next rainfall event.
People with medical conditions are advised to have a personal plan for avoiding smoke from the burn. Advice is available from the Department of Health and Human Services website or Asthma Foundation of Tasmania's website.
Notifications of scheduled burns will be updated on the Council's website and Tasmania Fire Service website.
More information on the program can be found here.