There is a fire hazard on my property. What should I do?
You should take steps to reduce or remove the fire hazard.
Fire hazards need to be reduced and removed all year round, not just during the bushfire season.
Building fires especially can occur all year round and it is essential for fire safety to maintain exits, detectors and alarms, and extinguishers, as well as avoiding the unsafe storage of flammable materials.
The Tasmania Fire Service may provide advice on the most suitable means to reduce a fire hazard, as well as planning and fire safety considerations, and the abatement standards required.
The Tasmania Fire Service provides programs and information that may assist you in managing fire hazards on your property:
- Bushfire Safety Guide and Bushfire Plan
- The Bushfire Safety Guide provides important information on property preparedness, planning for bushfire, and bushfire safety.
- Using Fire Outdoors
- The use of fire outdoors must be undertaken safely. The management of fire hazards through the use of fire (e.g. planned burning) must be carefully planned and undertaken in accordance with the relevant regulations.
- Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods
- The Bushfire-Ready Neighbourhoods Program focuses on building a ‘shared responsibility’ approach to bushfire preparedness through recognising that individuals, communities and the Tasmania Fire Service all play a part. The program aims to build resilience and capacity in bushfire prevention and preparedness in Tasmanian communities most at-risk to bushfire through a sustainable community development approach.
- Red Hot Tips Program
- A program to educate and support farmers and landholders in rural Tasmania to actively manage their bushfire risk.
- Fuel Reduction Program
- This cross-agency, whole-of-state Fuel Reduction Program focusses on those areas that pose the greatest risk of bushfire. This Fuel Reduction Program includes both public and private land, and treats land based on risk, rather than who is responsible for its management.
- Building Fire Safety
- A range of regulatory requirements apply to fire safety within buildings.