Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A strategic bushfire management plan must provide a basis for—
(a) bushfire hazard assessment and risk analysis; and
(b) bushfire prevention, including hazard reduction; and
(c) agency and community preparation and response in relation to bushfires.
(2) The plan must include the following:
(a) a statement of strategic objectives for the plan;
(b) a description of the bushfire environment;
Examples
1 weather
2 topography
3 fuels
(c) a summary of known bushfire causes;
(d) a risk assessment of factors contributing to bushfires and the spread of bushfires;
(e) a list of public assets (including cultural and ecological assets) vulnerable to bushfire;
(f) a list of privately-owned assets of public interest vulnerable to bushfire;
(g) strategies for prevention of, and preparedness for, bushfires;
(h) strategies for access for response and fire management activities;
(i) a statement of strategies for research and monitoring of bushfire risk;
(j) a statement of strategies for recovery after a bushfire;
(k) a statement of resources needed to meet the objectives of the plan;
(l) anything else prescribed by regulation.
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(3) The plan may also set out—
(a) requirements for owners or managers of land for the prevention of, and preparedness for, bushfires; and
Example
location and maintenance of fire trails
(b) requirements for a bushfire operational plan.
Examples
1 prevention activities
2 preparedness activities
3 performance indicators for activities
(4) A bushfire management requirement may be for—
(a) a particular land manager; or
(b) a particular area of land.
Examples
1 the manager of an area of unleased territory land
2 land in a bushfire abatement zone