Bushfire is a part of the natural landscape in Australia. Due to the small size of bushland remnants within the Hunters Hill Local Government Area, any major fire hazard would most likely travel along fire paths outside the Local Government Area such as Lane Cove National Park. Such a hazard would only be likely to occur in extreme bushfire conditions. However Council maintains Asset Protection Zones and conducts hazard reduction burns in accordance with the draft Hunters Hill/Lane Cove/Parramatta/Ryde Bush Fire Risk Management Plan.
The aim of hazard reduction burns is to maintain the health and long-term sustainability of remnant bushland and to reduce potential hazards to adjoining residential properties
The draft Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) covers the whole of the Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, Parramatta and Ryde areas including private land. It includes information on specifies actions to be carried out to manage bush fire risk in the area.
A hazard complaint can be made by anyone to the NSW Rural Fire Service on line at:
Who carries out hazard reduction burns?
Council and Fire and Rescue NSW plan and prepare hazard reduction burns in the Hunters Hill LGA. The burns are carried out by the Fire and Rescue NSW, and in some areas they are assisted by the Community Fire Unit.
Can I burn dead vegetation piles on my property?
The Fire and Rescue NSW no longer conducts pile burns on behalf of private landowners. In Hunters Hill all dead vegetation must be disposed of in the GREEN WASTE BIN.
Dumping in bushland is an offence and increases the fire hazard.
How do I prepare my property in times of bushfire?
Residents living in identified bush fire prone land – refer to the Bush Fire Prone Land Mapping below, should prepare a Bush Fire Survival Plan. See NSW Rural Fire Service website for details https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/bush-fire-survival-plan
Your house:
Your garden:
Hazard Reduction Certificate Application Instructions
Standards for Asset Protection Zones
22 Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
PO Box 21, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
Tel: (02) 9879 9400
E: customerservice@huntershill.nsw.gov.au
ABN: 75 570 316 011
We acknowledge that The Wallumedegal people of the Eora Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this land.