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

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:-

1. Rural Land

   1. 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
   2. To subdivide each holding into lots of no greater than 200 hectares; and
   3. To surround the homestead, out buildings and fuel storages on any such land.

2. 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.