NSW RFS - Snowy Monaro District
Snowy Monaro is protected by 33 rural fire brigades, local volunteers looking out for their own communities.
Crews from across the district have been actively assisting landholders with fuel reduction burning on rural properties.
Like a lot of landholders right now, they're getting ahead of the Bush Fire Danger Period, which starts 1 October.
Once the Bushfire Danger Period starts, the rules tighten up, you will need a permit and the outlook is for a challenging spring and into summer.
Conditions are drying out across the district. If you're planning to burn, please do so safely and follow a few rules.
Before you light up:
🔥 Notify your neighbours 24 hours before you burn
🔥 Notify the RFS at www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/notify, even outside the Danger Period 24 hours before you burn
🔥 Check the forecast, if its windy fires can escape quickly so burn to conditions
🔥 Have water, tools, a clear break and enough people on hand to control it if it moves.
🔥 Stay with it. Don't walk away until it's completely out
While you're at it, now's the time to get your property and family ready for the season ahead, and make sure you've got the Hazards Near Me NSW app installed for real-time alerts and warnings.
Get your burn done properly now, and you'll be in a much better position when the season kicks in.
Stay safe, stay ready. 🚒
📋 Notify a burn: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/notify
📱 Hazards Near Me NSW: search your app store
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With strong winds forecast across parts of the Snowy Monaro this weekend, residents and landholders are urged to take extra care with any activity that could start a fire. Gusty conditions can quickly turn a small flame, spark or smouldering hotspot into a fast-moving grass or bush fire.
Previous burns are not always out. Heat can sit in logs, root systems and ash beds for days or weeks, and strong winds can reignite them. Check old burn sites and make sure they are cold before leaving them unattended.
Burning off is still a good way to reduce fuel loads and prepare your property, but it needs to be done safely. If you are planning to burn, consider waiting until the winds ease. If you do light up, keep it small, notify your neighbours and the Fire Control Centre beforehand, have water and people on hand, and stay with it until it is completely out.
Hot works such as welding, grinding, cutting or using machinery that may produce sparks should be postponed if they are not essential. If work must proceed, keep a cleared area around the task, have water or extinguishers on hand, maintain a fire watch, and monitor the area for at least 30 minutes afterwards.
Now is also a good time to review your bush fire survival plan, check your firefighting equipment, and report any unattended fire or smoke immediately.
A little preparation and caution can prevent a fire from becoming an emergency. Stay safe this weekend. 🔥🚒
The Monaro Post
Snowy Monaro Regional Council
ABC South East NSW
ABC Canberra
Fire & Rescue NSW Region South 1
NSW RFS South Eastern Area Command
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