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Updated: 14 April 2010

Hazard Reduction Program 2009

32 hazard reduction burns have been approved by the Blue Mountains Bush Fire Management Committee
8 have been fully completed, and 5 have been partly completed.
The 2010 Program is expected to be released in June.

Map
page		 Burn number Burn title Suburb Area
(Ha)		 Priority Status Tenure Map name Zone type
C CR NP O PP UK VCL APZ APZS LMZ SFAZ
1 BEL-2002-1 East of Sandham Road Bell 17 Major Ready to go       O PP   VCL Mount Wilson APZ      
2 BLH-2005-1 Porters Pass/Centennial Glen Blackheath 41 Major Control lines ready C       PP     Katoomba APZS      
3 BULL-2006-1 Podgers Glen Bullaburra 252 Extreme Control lines ready C   NP   PP     Katoomba     SFAZ  
4 C-2005-06 Darwins Walk Wentworth Falls 1 Major Completed   CR           Katoomba APZ      
5 FBR-2004-2 Weemala Avenue Faulconbridge 120 Extreme Completed     NP O PP     Springwood     SFAZ  
6 FBR-2005-1 Grose Road West Faulconbridge 105 Extreme Sept 2010? C       PP     Springwood APZ     SFAZ
7 FBR-2005-2 Chapman Park/Birdwood Gully Faulconbridge 111 Extreme 2011? Low priority: damp. C CR     PP     Springwood APZ     SFAZ
8 FBR-2005-3 Chapman Parade Faulconbridge 173 Extreme Completed     NP   PP     Springwood APZ     SFAZ
9 FBR-2006-1 Railway Avenue/ St Georges Cr Faulconbridge 29 Extreme 2011? Starting trails C   NP   PP     Springwood     SFAZ  
10 HAZ-2004-2 Talbot Road Hazelbrook 12 Extreme Control lines started     NP O       Katoomba APZ      
11 HAZ-2005-1 North of Hall Parade and Fire Trail Hazelbrook 52 Extreme Part around houses completed. C CR     PP     Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
12 HAZ-2005-2 Winbourne Avenue Hazelbrook 51 Extreme Completed     NP   PP     Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
13 HQ-2005-1 Boonie Doon Katoomba 16 Major Some completed. Rest maybe 26-7 Sept. C       PP     Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
14 LAW-2005-1 Frederica Falls and San Jose Avenue Lawson 6 Extreme Completed   CR     PP     Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
15 MEG-2005-1 Megalong Reserve Megalong Valley Road Megalong 71 Major Not done C       PP     Katoomba   LMZ SFAZ
16 MTTOM-2005-1 Stockyard Gully Mt Tomah 29 Major Not done         PP     Mount Wilson APZS  
17 MTTOM-2005-2 North and West of Skyline Road Mt Tomah 104 Extreme Not done         PP     Mount Wilson APZS
18 MTTOM-2005-4 North Berambing Picnic Area Berambing 397 Extreme Not done     NP   PP     Mount Wilson APZS
19 MT WIL-2005-3 Bowens Creek Road & Mt Irvine Road Mt Irvine 7 Major Not done   CR NP   PP     Wollanganbe APZS
20 MT WIL-2004-2 Wynnes Rocks Mt Wilson 146 Extreme Not done     NP O       Mount Wilson APZ      
21 MT VIC Kenny Steet Mt Victoria 83 Major Most of top completed C       PP     Hartley       SFAZ
22 MT VIC-2004-1 Berghofers Pass Mt Victoria 24 Moderate Completed   CR   O PP     Mount Wilson     SFAZ
23 NPWS PITTS Pitts Amphitheatre Katoomba 336 Moderate Not prepared     NP         Katoomba   LMZ SFAZ
24 NPWS 2005-2 Tarperian Rock Katoomba 2 Moderate Maybe 26-7 September     NP         Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
25 NPWS-2005-3 Chester Road Wentworth Falls 47 Major Apparently completed 23 October     NP         Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
26 NPWS-2006-1 Sublime Point Leura 19 Moderate Completed     NP     UK   Katoomba APZ     SFAZ
27 SHI-2006-1 Glenesk Hill Blackheath 10 Major Completed C             Katoomba     SFAZ
28 VHT-2004-1 Burns Rd/Farm Rd Springwood 44 Extreme Bonton Road part done. C       PP     Springwood APZ     SFAZ
29 WFD-2005-1 Woodbury Street Woodford 5 Extreme Preparing         PP     Katoomba APZ APZS  
30 WIN-2004-1 Robyn Road Winmalee 138 Extreme 1/4 completed     NP O       Springwood APZ     SFAZ
31 WIN-2004-4 St Columbas Winmalee 89 Extreme (National Park part done last year) C       PP     Springwood APZ     SFAZ
32 WIN-2006-1 Roberts Parade Hawkesbury Heights 83 Extreme Completed     NP   PP     Springwood APZ      

 

Summary

Priority Not done Partly done Done Total
Moderate 2 0 2 4
Major 6 3 1 10
Extreme 12 2 4 18
Total 20 5 7 32

Codes

Tenure Zone type
C Council APZ Asset protection zone
CR Crown reserve APZS Asset protection zone
NP National park LMZ Land management zone
O Other SFAZ Strategic fire advantage zone
PP Private property    
UK Unknown    
VCL Vacant crown land    

List obtained from NSW Rural Fire Service using a Freedom of Information request.
Status obtained from Blue Mountains Rural Fire Service.
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