2022/23 Bush Fire Season
IN CASE OF FIRE
RING 000 FIRST
Burning Times
Restricted 1 October 2022– 13 November 2022
Prohibited 14 November 2022– 7 February 2023
Restricted 8 February 2023– 14 April 2023
Burning Permits
To obtain a burning permit during the required season, contact your local bush fire control officer, listed below.
Automatic Harvest Bans
An automatic harvest ban applies throughout the shire on Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day.
No lighting of fires on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Bush Fire Control Officers
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer - Trevor Leeson 0427 881 800
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer - Luke Lansdell 0427 886 796
Chief Executive Officer - Nathan Cain 0429 207 855
Manager Works & Services - Graeme Hedditch 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 2022 and thereafter to 14 April 2023 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;
- To subdivide each holding into lots of no greater than 400 hectares; and
- To surround the homestead, out buildings and fuel storages on any such land.
That from 15 October all harvesting and baling (including cutting and raking) operations, there shall be an operational mobile engine powered firefighting unit or units with a minimum combined capacity of 1200 litres of available water, located in or immediately adjacent to the paddock being harvested and/or baled. The minimum capacity of any single firefighting unit shall be 600 litres of available water. The responsibility to supply and operate the firefighting unit is that of the landowner/occupier.
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 flammable material. Failure to comply with these requirements renders the owner or occupier liable to a penalty not more than $400.
2022/23 Fire Break Notice
Safe Harvesting Practices
Total Fire Ban Fact Sheet
Fire Chat
Scheme Water during a Bushfire
Bush Fire Uniforms
A reminder to Bush Fire Volunteers; Bush Fire uniforms are available from the Shire of Wickepin admin office with one free uniform per registered brigade volunteer. Come into the Shire to retrieve your free uniforms. Uniforms come in men's sizes 89L, 92R etc, and not S/M/L/XL. We recommend you come and try the uniforms on for the best fitting.
Why wear flame retardent uniforms
Care and maintenance for your uniforms