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The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning is committed to protecting personal information provided by you in accordance with the principles of the Victorian privacy laws.

Purpose

This Privacy Collection Statement relates to all submissions collected in relation to the strategic bushfire management planning process being conducted across Victoria. Agencies involved in fire management across Victoria have been charged with undertaking a strategic planning process to guide bushfire management actions on public and private land into the future. The agencies involved in this process are Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic), CFA, Local Government and Parks Victoria.

Forest Fire Management Victoria is providing administrative services to the consultation. FFMVic is part of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (the Department) and submissions will be managed in accordance with the Department’s Information Privacy Policy. The Department’s Information Privacy Policy can be viewed at www.delwp.vic.gov.au/privacy.

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The information you provide will be made available to the Strategic Bushfire Management Planning Teams involved in the planning process, including representatives from FFMVic, CFA, Local Government and Parks Victoria. 

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You have the right to access and correct your personal information about you that is held by DELWP. Requests for access should be sent to the Manager Privacy, P.O. Box 500 East Melbourne 3002.


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Gippsland SBMP Draft Fire Management Zoning

Safer Together is the Victorian government’s approach to reducing bushfire risk. In Gippsland all local governments, the CFA, Parks Victoria, EMV and DELWP are working together and with communities to develop a strategic fuel management strategy that will guide bushfire management on both public and private land into the future.

Part of the Strategic Bushfire Management Planning (SBMP) process is to review and amend the public land fuel management strategy, including fire management zoning. This map shows the draft Fire Management Zoning for Gippsland, which has been developed through a series of workshops and from community input through the Engage Victoria website.

The four types of Fire Management Zone are:

  • Asset Protection Zone
  • Bushfire Moderation Zone
  • Landscape Management Zone
  • Planned Burning Exclusion Zone

Further information can be found in the Code of practice for bushfire management on public land.

In Gippsland, Fire Management Zoning informs the frequency of fuel management or treatment activities including planned burning, slashing and mulching.

  • Asset Protection Zone - Aim to reduce fuel through planned burning approximately every 5 to 8 years, or through other methods more frequently
  • Bushfire Moderation Zone - Aim to reduce fuel through planned burning or other methods approximately every 8 to 15 years.
  • Landscape Management Zone - Planned burning as required to maintain ecological health, and to reduce fuels where this does not compromise ecological objectives
  • Planned Burning Exclusion Zone - No planned burning, mainly to protect particular areas that can’t tolerate fire.

Please review the draft Fire Management Zoning shown here during the review period from 7th August to 24th August.

  • Place pins by dragging them from the top of the screen to the location on the map you wish to comment on.
  • You may place as many or as few pins as you wish.
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Your contributions to this map, along with feedback and advice from land managers and other stakeholders, will be used to inform the final Fuel Management Zoning (due September 2019).

Please visit the Engage Victoria website to learn more about the SBMP process or provide feedback on other components of this planning process.