Bush Fire Brigade
2010/2011 Bush Fire Season
Burning Times
Restricted 1 October 2010 – 13 November 2010
Prohibited 14 November 2010 – 7 February 2011
Restricted 8 February 2011 – 28 April 2011
Burning Permits
To obtain a burning permit during the required season, contact your local bush fire control officer.
Automatic Harvest Bans
An automatic harvest ban applies throughout the shire on Christmas Day & New Years Day.
No lighting of fires on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Bush Fire Control Officers
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer - Wes Astbury 0427 831 021
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer - Tim Heffernan 0429 886 041
Chief Executive Officer - Alan Leeson 0429 207 855
Manager Works & Services - Peter Vlahov 0429 882 871
Notice to all Owners and/or Occupiers of Land in the Shire of Wickepin.
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Wickepin |
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Rex Bergin
| 9888 1183
| 9888 1373
| 0429 881 183
| PO Box 10, Wickepin 6370 |
Phillip Russell | 9888 1097 | 9888 1007 | 0428 881 097 | PO Box 41, Wickepin 6370 |
Townsendale |
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Steve Rose | 9888 4050 | 9888 4068 | 0429 884 050 | PO Box 72, Wickepin 6370 |
Roger Butler | 9888 4065 | 9888 4003 | 0427 884 065 | PO Box 45, Wickepin 6370 |
Tincurrin/Toolibin |
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Lachlan White | 9882 7031 | 9882 7020 | 0428 827 031 | PO Box 317, Narrogin 6312 |
Keith Parnell | 9883 2024 | 9883 2064 | 0427 957 607 | Post Office, Tincurrin 6361 |
Gordon McDougall | 9883 2071 | 9883 2039 | 0427 832 014 | Po Box 29, Tincurrin 6361 |
Harrismith |
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Wes Astbury | 9883 1021 | 9883 1021 | 0427 831 021 | Post Office, Tincurrin 6361 |
David Quartermaine | 9883 1095 | 9883 1096 | 0408 832 045 | Post Office, Tincurrin 6361 |
Yealering – 86 Gate |
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Colin Coxon | 9888 7018 |
| 0428 887 095 | 20 Roberts St, Yealering 6372 |
Barney Langford | 9888 6050 | 9888 6011 | 0429 844 322 | PO Box 128, Wickepin 6370 |
Tim Heffernan | 9888 6041 | 9888 6008 | 0429 886 041 | RMB 125, East Wickepin 6370 |
Peter Stacey | 9065 7149 | 9888 6003 | 0427 886 043 | PO Box 1, Yealering 6372 |
David Stacey | 9888 6043 | 9888 6003 | 0427 886 045 | PO Box 1, Yealering 6372 |
Pursuant to the powers contained in Section 33 of the Bush Fires Act 1954, owners and occupiers of property within the Shire of Wickepin are hereby required on or before 1 October 2009 and thereafter to 28 April 2008 to plough, scarify or otherwise provide and maintain firebreaks clear of all inflammable material at least 2.5 metres wide as follows:-
Rural Land
- Inside the boundary of all land held by each owner or occupier, their firebreaks need not follow the perimeter of any paddock but will be acceptable following land contours in an endeavour to overcome water erosion; and
- To subdivide each holding into lots of no greater than 200 hectares; and
- To surround the homestead, out buildings and fuel storages on any such land.
Townsite Land
All lots within the townsites of Harrismith, Tincurrin, Toolibin, Wickepin and Yealering are required to be cleared and maintained free of all debris or inflammable material. Failure to comply with these requirements renders the owner or occupier liable to a penalty not more than $400.