❓ Hon Christine Sharp asks about wildfires attended by Departmental fire suppression staff, including dates, area burned, and cause, for the years 2000/01 to 2002/03. The answer tables information on both prescribed burns and wildfires.
AnsweredQoN 810Legislative Council
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(b) dates on which the fires were extinguished; (c) area, in hectares, burned; and (d) cause of each fire?
(c) area, in hectares, burned; and (d) cause of each fire?
(d) cause of each fire?
Also tabulated is information on the wildfires attended by Departmental fire suppression staff throughout the State. The data include the location and tenure, date of detection and date extinguished, cause and area burnt in each of the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03. Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
(c) area, in hectares, burned; and (d) cause of each fire?
(d) cause of each fire?
Also tabulated is information on the wildfires attended by Departmental fire suppression staff throughout the State. The data include the location and tenure, date of detection and date extinguished, cause and area burnt in each of the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03. Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
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Answered
12 August 2003
Responded by
Minister for Housing and Works representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
63 days
(a-d) I seek leave to table information on prescribed burns undertaken by the Department of Conservation and Land Management in the south-west forest regions. The data provided include the location, burn identification, season or date and area treated for each of the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.
Also tabulated is information on the wildfires attended by Departmental fire suppression staff throughout the State. The data include the location and tenure, date of detection and date extinguished, cause and area burnt in each of the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.
Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
Also tabulated is information on the wildfires attended by Departmental fire suppression staff throughout the State. The data include the location and tenure, date of detection and date extinguished, cause and area burnt in each of the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.
Please note that for the years 2000/01 and 2001/02, only the seasons in which prescribed burns were conducted were recorded. The method of recording was changed in 2002/03 whereby the season is replaced by a “last lit” date.
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