Prepare Your Property for Bushfire Season While the management of fuel loads on public land is an important aspect of bushfire mitigation, Wingecarribee Shire Council believes that the best defence against loss or damage as a result of bushfire is a well prepared home with an adequate and well maintained asset protection zone.
Hazard Reduction Burns Hazard reduction burns are used to reduce undergrowth and ground fuels in strategic areas of bush land.
Bushfire Recovery A range of services are available to assist residents directly affected by the Green Wattle Creek and Morton bushfires.
Bush Fire Danger Period Information about the Bush Fire Danger Period, No Burn Days, Bush Fire Survival Plans and Total Fire Bans.
Bushfire Emergency Information Bushfire Emergency Information - If you see smoke and there's no fire truck or firefighters, call Triple Zero.
Get Involved in Protecting your Community Volunteering offers the opportunity to learn new and valuable skills that will not only assist you in your voluntary role but in day to day life and even your workplace. It is also an opportunity to meet people you wouldn't normally meet.
Bushfire Hazards It is every landholder's responsibility to manage the bush fire hazards on their property.
Community Protection Plans Community Protection Plans are another tool which can help you better understand the bush fire risk in your community, and how to prepare for it.
Fire Has a Plan. Do You? The Wingecarribee Shire is an inherently bushfire prone area. It is therefore critical that anyone who resides in, or frequents, a bushfire prone area prepares a bushfire survival plan for themselves and their family.