Bush Fire Brigade
2007/2008 Bush Fire Season
Burning Times
Restricted 1 October 2007 – 13 November 2007
Prohibited 14 November 2007 – 7 February 2008
Restricted 8 February 2008 – 28 April 2008
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 - Keith Parnell 0427 957 607
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer - Wes Astbury 0427 831 021
Chief Executive Officer - Alan Leeson 0429 207 855
Manager Works & Services - Peter Vlahov 0429 882 871
| Wickepin | Title | Phone | Mobile | cb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Bergin | FCO | (08) 9888 1183 | 0429 881 183 | 33 |
| Townsendale | ||||
| Steven Rose | FCO | (08) 9888 4050 | 0429 884 050 | 14 |
| Claude Simpson | FCO | (08) 9888 4030 | 0428 884 030 | 33 |
| Roger Butler | FCO | (08) 9888 4065 | 0427 884 065 | |
| East Wickepin | ||||
| Phil Spark | FCO | (08) 9888 6077 | 0427 195 577 | 23 |
| 86 Gate | ||||
| Barney Langford | FCO | (08) 9888 6050 | 0429 844 322 | 9 |
| Tim Heffernan | FCO | (08) 9888 6041 | 12 | |
| Peter Stacey | FCO | (08) 9888 6043 | 0427 886 043 | |
| Tincurrin/Toolibin | ||||
| Lachlan White | FCO | (08) 9882 7031 | 0428 827 031 | 20 |
| Keith Parnell | CBFCO | (08) 9883 2024 | 0427 957 607 | 16 |
| Harrismith | ||||
| Wes Astbury | DCBFCO | (08) 9883 1021 | 0427 831 021 | 11 |
| David Quartermaine | FCO | (08) 9883 2045 | 0408 832 045 | 15 |
| Yealering | ||||
| Colin Coxon | FWO | (08) 9888 7018 | 0428 887 095 | 11 |
Notice to all Owners and/or Occupiers of Land in the Shire of Wickepin.
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 2007 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.