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Kaputar Range Fire Management Strategy 2011 – 2016 Page 1 of 3
Mount Kaputar National Park Deriah Aboriginal Area
This strategy should be used in conjunction with aerial photography and field reconnaissance during incidents and the development of incident action plans.
These data are not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife and its employees disclaim liability for any act done on the information in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions.
This document is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research criticism or review, as permitted under the copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.
This strategy is a relevant Plan under Section 38 (4) and Section 44 (3) of Rural Fires Act 1997. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.
Published by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, March 2012. Contact: Northern Plains Region
PO Box 72 Narrabri 2390 NSW . Ph 02 6792 7350
ISBN 978 1 74293 152 4 OEH 2011/0113 Date Approved: 11 September 2013
Communications Information Service Channel Location and Comments
NPWS VHF 30 29
The Governor The Tops
RFS P069 P070
The Governor Moree
UHF - CB Small fires - Channel 10 Large fires - determined by IMT
Aviation - CTAF 126.7 Cellphone • Telstra 3G variable coverage
The park has very steep terrain, which results in highly variable communications. Communications may be augmented by portable repeaters. Maps on fixed and potential temporary repeater sites are located in the Narrabri Area Operations Room.
Contact Information Agency Position / Location Phone
Duty Officer (24 hour) 6792 4680 National Parks & Wildlife Service Narrabri Area Office (bus. hours) 6792 7300
NSW RFS Namoi - Gywdir Zone Zone Manager Duty Officer
0427 101 124 6799 6707
NSW RFS Namoi - Tamworth Zone Zone Manager Duty Officer
0427 895 619 6762 7641
RFS Rural Fire Brigades
Berrygil Creek – David Kirby Bullawa / Eulah Ck – Max Verrier Grattai – Nigel Guest Lindsay – Paul Streeter Maules Creek – Mike Nott Mulgate Creek - Ron Campey Rocky Creek – Will Cannington Upper Horton – Robert Kelly Wallah – Bill Pownall Wea - Phil Wilson
6793 7858 6793 5241 6793 8627 6783 1421 6794 4529 6793 3129 6783 4380 6782 7272 6794 4822 6782 7247
NSW Fire Brigade Newcastle 4929 7177 Emergency Services Police, Fire, Ambulance 000
SES 13 2500 Police Narrabri 6792 7199
Council Narrabri Shire Narrabri Airport S 30 19.2 E 149 49.6 6792 6866
Fire Season Information
Wildfires
• The critical wildfire season generally occurs during November and December. • During periods of strong negative Southern Oscillation Indices (El Nino events), this period may commence late
September and extend into the first half of January. • The end of the critical fire season is often marked by wet storm activity.
Prescribed Burning
• Effective prescribed burning may need to be conducted once the “critical fire season” and thunderstorm season is over. This is due to the LOW - MODERATE Overall Fuel Hazard for some vegetation types. Prescribed burning attempted after autumn rain is unlikely to be effective.
Operational Guidelines General Guidelines
Aerial operations
• Aerial operations will be managed by trained and competent personnel. This includes directing aerial bombing and aerial ignition operations
• The use of bombing aircraft without the support of ground based suppression crews should be limited to very specific circumstances.
• All aerial ignition operations require the consent of the NPWS Regional Manager or the Section 44 Appointee.
Backburning
• All personnel must be fully briefed before back burning operations begin. • Backburning in areas of Low – Moderate OFH will require the use of wind, slope or low humidity to maximise
effectiveness. • Backburning should be avoided in steep terrain until fire fronts are within proximity of control lines. The aim is to
minimse length of fire run and spotting potential. • Avoid upslope backburning into Dry Rainforests, Semi-evergreen Vine Thickets and Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby habitats
Command & Control
• The first combatant agency on site may assume control of the fire, but then must ensure the relevant land management agency is notified promptly.
• On the arrival of other combatant agencies, the initial Incident Controller will consult with regard to the ongoing command, control and incident management team requirements as per the relevant BFMC Plan of Operations.
Containment Lines
• New containment lines require the prior consent of a senior NPWS officer. • Construction of new containment lines should be avoided, where practicable, except where they can be constructed
with minimal environmental impact. • Existing or previous roads, tracks and control lines should be used wherever possible. • All personal involved in containment line construction should be briefed on, and must consider both natural and cultural
heritage sites in the location. • All containment lines not required for other purposes should be closed immediately at the cessation of the incident.
Earthmoving Equipment
• Plant may only be used with the prior consent of a senior NPWS Officer. • Plant must always be guided and supervised by an experienced officer, and accompanied by a support vehicle. When
engaged in direct or parallel attack, this vehicle must be a fire fighting vehicle. • Containment lines running along valley areas should be constructed at 20 – 50 metres from the gullyline to avoid
severe erosion. • Plant must not work in areas with slopes greater than 20 degrees. • Plant must not work in areas with extensive rock shelves. • Deriah AA - Mechanical construction of control lines is not permitted. Plant use permitted along existing roads and
tracks to prepare lines, and assist with mop-up • Wilderness areas – Plant will be restricted to existing roads and trails. • Plant must be washed down, where practicable, prior to it entering NPWS estate and again on exiting NPWS estate.
Fire Suppression Chemicals
• The use of foam, gels and retardants will NOT be permitted within 50 metres of dams and watercourses holding water. • The aerial application use foam, gels and retardants requires the approval of the Regional Manager or delegate
Rehabilitation • Where practicable, containment lines should be stabilised and rehabilitated as part of the wildfire suppression operation.
Watering points • Consider deployment of a bulk water carrier to support fire operations. • Consider deployment of 1,000 lt pallet tanks, to be refilled by helicopters, to reduce fire unit turn around. • Water for aerial use may be lifted from the lower treatment pond, if drop zone is 50 metres from watercourses
Smoke Management
• Potential smoke impacts and mitigation tactics will be assessed during the planning of fire operations. • Broadcast Australia must be contacted when smoke is assessed to impact broadcast facilities
Visitor Management
• Walking trails and public use facilities will be closed, where assessed necessary, during: ♦ fire operations; ♦ days of forecast Catastrophic Fire Danger
• No guided activities will be permitted during periods of Severe+ Fire Danger, or during fire operations. • Implement the evacuation plan during Catastrophic Fire Danger, or fires threatening walking tracks and visitor facilities.
WARNINGS • Remote area fire fighting operations should be postponed, or abandoned, if there is:
♦ a high risk of a storm moving through the area; or ♦ a forecast significant wind change.
AVIATION HAZARDS
• Power lines with long spans located at: ♦ east of Bullawa Creek ♦ Bullawa Creek to The Governor, north of Mount Kaputar Road ♦ The Governor to Mount Dowe
• Winds from the NW to SW can produce severe turbulence within the Nandewar Ranges. The turbulence may extend some distance. The risk of turbulence must be assessed on the lee-side of steep terrain. Operations should be suspended during periods of high turbulence.
Operational Guidelines – Heritage Resource Guidelines
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Site Management
Modified trees (AS1), including scarred trees • Protect the site from fire, clear base of litter and shrubs,
exclude site tree from fire where possible • Foam may be used to protect the tree, or to extinguish fire • Do not cut trees
Ground based sites (AS2), including:
camp sites, artefacts, burials, grinding grooves, waterholes, shelters and quarries • Protect site from any ground disturbance, including the use of earth-moving equipment and vehicles
Plant resource sites (AS3), including bush medicines sites • Protect site from physical disturbance
Deriah Aboriginal Area • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted • Plant use permitted along existing roads and tracks to prepare lines, and assist with mop-up
Historic Heritage Site Management
Historic structures, including: Scutts Hut, Carinya Homestead, Beresford Park Homestead, Foggy Dell woolshed, the Chinese Fence, Survey trees, geodetic stations, troughs
• Protect the site from fire, exclude area from fire where possible • Foam may be used to protect the structures, or to extinguish fire
Historic precincts, including:
Bark Hut logging area, Bundoleer homestead, Fay Greens humpy, Koala Hut, Ningadoo homestead • Protect site from any ground disturbance, including the use of earth-moving equipment
Threatened Flora and Fauna Management
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby and Australian Brush Turkey habitats • Avoid upslope burning into Rock-wallaby and Brush Turkey habitats
Endangered ecological communities –Dry Vine Rainforests & Ooline community • Avoid upslope high intensity burning into communities • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted • Avoid the aerial application of fire suppression chemicals • Exclude prescribed burning
Endangered ecological communities – Grassy Box Woodlands & Carex Sedgelands Booroolong Frog habitats • Mechanical construction of control lines not permitted
Related documents • Benson, J (2010) NSW Vegetation classification & assessment: Part 3 Plant communities of the NSW Brigalow Belt South, Nandewar.
Cunninghamia11 (4) 457-579 • Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (2010) Fire Management Manual • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Beresford Park & Carinya addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Deriah Aboriginal Area.. Report to NSW NPWS • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Formosa addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Montawaa addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Playgan addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • Hunter, JT (2008) Vegetation and floristics of Rusden addition to Mount Kaputar National Park. Report to NSW NPWS • National Parks and Wildlife Service (2006) Mount Kaputar National Park Plan of Management • Porteners, M.F. (1997) Vegetation survey of sub-alpine communities in Mt Kaputar NP. Report to NSW NPWS • Porteners, M.F. (1998) Vegetation survey of Mt Kaputar NP (southern portion). Report to NSW NPWS
Suppression Strategies Conditions & forecast Guidelines
BKDI < 100, or BKDI >100+ and outside critical fire season
Stable conditions forecast
• A broad containment strategy using existing roads, tracks, rocky areas, low fuel areas and recently burnt areas.
• Monitor during periods of lower KBDI.
BKDI >100 & within critical fire season
• Consider deployment of RAFT crews as a first response. • Consider a strategy that uses a combination of ground crews, machinery and fire units to
contain the fire.
Severe+ FDI forecast
NOTE: Potential “ramp”
• Consider a strategy containing the fire to the smallest area practicable, using a combination of ground crews, fire units, machinery and aircraft.
• Any proposed backburning must be assessed on the required resources, their capacity and the time required to mop-up and secure proposed burn edges prior to the onset of Severe + conditions, and then hold.
NOTE: Backburning should be avoided in steep terrain until fire fronts are within proximity of control lines. The aim is to time backburning to minimise length of fire run and spotting potential.
Fire behaviour calculations should consider both Surface and 1500 metres wind forecasts
AssetProtection
Zones
Vegetation
Prescribed Burn AvailabilityStatus of Biodiversity Thresholds Bushfire Risk Management Strategies
Map Details Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) Projection: Map Grid Australia (MGA) Zone 56
Spot Satellite Imagery: 2005. Topographic Mapsheets 1:50k: Grattai 89374N,Coryah 89374S, Kaputar 89373N, Billyena 89373S, Playgan 89372S Scale: Noted scales are true when printed on A1 size paper.
Vegetation communities and biodiversity thresholds Vegetation Community Vegetation management guidelines Fire Behaviour
(under Severe / Extreme FDI) Dry rainforests Ooline closed forest
Rusty Fig / Wild Quince / Mock Olive / Sweet Pittosporum /
Quinnine / Red Ash dry rainforest
• No prescribed burning should be conducted • Avoid implementing moderate – high intensity
burning operations
• Potential rates of spread is usually low due to Nil - Low OFH
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Wet sclerophyll forests Silvertop Stringybark /
Nandewar Box / Ribbon Gum / White Box open forests
• Minimum interval between low intensity fire events - 20 years
• Minimum interval between high intensity fire events - 50 years
• Selected areas to be maintained with interval greater than 100 years
• Potential rates of spread during extended dry seasons is High due to MODERATE - VERY HIGH OFH
• High potential for spotting
Montane forests and woodlands
Snow Gum / Mountain Gum / Nandewar Box / Western New England Blackbutt open forests
• Minimum interval between low intensity fire events - 20 years
• Minimum interval between high intensity fire events - 100 years
• Potential rates of spread during extended dry seasons is High due to MODERATE - VERY HIGH OFH
Riparian forests, woodlands and
shrublands River Oak / Rough-barked
Apple / Blakelys Red Gum / White Cypress / Black Tea-tree
/ Riparian Tea-tree tall woodlands and shrublands
• Avoid implementing moderate – high intensity burning operations
• Avoid burning areas with dry rainforest elements and riparian zone vegetation
• Minimum interval between fire events less than 20 years and greater than 70 years should be avoided
• Potential rates of spread would be low to moderate due to MODERATE OFH
Cypress Pine / Eucalypt woodlands
and open forests White Box / White Pine / Black Pine / Narrow-leaved Ironbark /
Silver-leaved Ironbark / woodlands and open forests
• Minimum interval between fire events - 15 years • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events
- 50 years • Motherumbah stands require high intensity fire
• Potential rates of spread would be low to moderate due to LOW -MODERATE OFH
• Localised areas of HIGH OFH may occur
Rocky Woodlands Hill Red Gum / Tumbledown
Gum / Cypress / Motherumbah shrubby low woodlands
• Motherumbah stands require high intensity fire • Exclude low intensity prescribed burns and
backburns • Minimum interval for fire events between 50 & 100
years, no maximum period applied
• Potential rates of spread is usually low due to NIL - LOW OFH
• Some areas will not carry any fire due to rock cover • May be used as a suppression advantage
Shrublands Wet heaths
Kunzea / Tea-tree wet heaths and hanging swamps
• Avoid prescribed burns during extended dry periods
• Potential rates of spread is high due to VERY HIGH elevated fuel hazard
Shrublands Kunzea / Heath Myrtle
heathlands on rocky outcrops
• Minimum interval between fire events - 8 years • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events
- 25 years
• Potential rates of spread is low due to NIL - LOW OFH • Some areas will not carry any fire due to rock cover
Mallee woodland Green Mallee / Wilga
woodlands
• Minimum interval between fire events - 15 years • Minimum interval between high intensity fire events
- 25 years
• Potential rates of spread is high due to VERY HIGH elevated fuel hazard
Regenerating woodlands
• Prescribed burning in regeneration areas should be scheduled according to a revegetation / rehabilitation plan
• Potential rates of spread dependant on grass and shrub cover
Grasslands Grasslands and derived
grasslands
• Minimum interval between fire events should be greater than 2 years
• Prescribed burning in regeneration areas should be scheduled according to a revegetation / rehabilitation plan
• Potential rates of spread dependant on seasonal conditions• A LOW OFH occurs during dry seasons • A MODERATE – HIGH OFH may develop after successive
wet seasons producing continuous cover
OFH – Overall fuel hazard - A rating system that includes leaf litter, grasses, shrubs, bark type and bark condition. Consists of ratings for surface fuel, near-surface fuel, elevated fuel and bark.
Available for prescribed
burning
This area is available for prescribed burning, subject to fuel levels and ecological thresholds, and excluding riparian zones.
Available only during VERY
HIGH FDI
This area is generally has LOW or MODERATE OFH, prescribed burning effective only under VERY HIGH FDI
Available – regeneration management
This area is available for prescribed burning, subject to requirements specified within a revegetation plan
Unavailable for prescribed
burning
This area is unavailable for prescribed burning, due to NIL or LOW OFH, discontinuous fuel or ecological requirements.
Availability for burning must be referenced with the Status of Biodiversity Thresholds.
Asset Protection Zone
The objective of this zone is to protect historic structures by maintaining the Overall Fuel Hazard at LOW.
Strategic Fire Advantage Zones
The objective of this zone is to reduce fire intensity in locations to assist containment of wildfires, by maintaining the Overall Fuel Hazard less than HIGH
Land Management Zones
The objective of this zone is to conserve biodiversity and protect cultural heritage by applying biodiversity thresholds
Broad Vegetation CommunitiesDry rainforests
Wet sclerophyll forests
Montane forests and woodlands
Riparian forests and woodlands
Cypress Pine - Eucalypt woodlands
Rocky Eucalypt open woodlands
Shrublands - wet heaths
Shrublands
Mallee Woodlands
Regenerating woodlands
Grasslands
Too frequently burnt
Consecutive fire intervals are shorter than the recommended minimum interval.
Vulnerable to frequent fire
The current fire interval is shorter than the recommended minimum interval.
Within threshold
The time-since-fire is greater than the recommended minimum, and less than the recommended maximum.
Long unburnt The current fire interval is longer than the suggested interval.
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Benchmarks for extreme fire behaviour The Kaputar Range is characterised by periodic landscape scale fire events. These have exceeded 10,000 hectares, and are likely to occur during prolonged droughts or intense dry periods. The fire growth has been generally steady, and the duration exceeding a month.. The January 2013 fire in the Warrumbungles has demonstrated the potential extreme fire behaviour for the Kaputar Range. A pyro-convective event developed from fires commencing at lower altitudes and moving into steep slopes during severe fire weather. Fire fronts were recorded moving at 4 kms in 30 minutes, with intense spotting igniting the landscape 10 kms downwind. This was followed by a southerly change causing a broad fire front moving up to 14 kms northwards. Where there is any risk of a fire moving towards steep slopes, the ember drop zones should be immediately identified, and emergency responses initiated in anticipation.
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Kaputar Range Mount Kaputar National Park
Deriah Aboriginal Area Fire Management Strategy
2011 - 2016 Page 2 of 3
This strategy should be used with air photography and field reconnaissance. This is a relevant Plan under S.38 (4) and S.44 (3) of Rural Fires Act 1997.
The data is not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. The NSW NPWS and its employees disclaim liability for any act done on the information in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions.
This document is copyright. No part may be reproduced without written permission, except for study, research criticism or review, as permitted under the copyright Act.
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage. Published by: Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW).
Contact: NPWS Northern Plains Region, PO Box 72 Narrabri NSW 2390. Ph 6792 7350
ISBN 978 1 74293 152 4 OEH 2011 / 0113 Date Approved: 11 September 2013
Incident Base Map Zone 56 coordinates – 100 metre contours
WARNING: This map is dissected by the 55 / 56 Map Zone Boundary. Only Zone 56 coordinates are used on this Sheet.
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NPWS Estate
Kaputar Range Mount Kaputar National Park
Deriah Aboriginal Area Fire Management Strategy
2011 - 2016 Page 3 of 3
This strategy should be used with air photography and field reconnaissance. This is a relevant Plan under S.38 (4) and S.44 (3) of Rural Fires Act 1997.
The data is not guaranteed to be free from error or omission. The NSW NPWS and its employees disclaim liability for any act done on the information in the data and any consequences of such acts or omissions.
This document is copyright. No part may be reproduced without written permission, except for study, research criticism or review, as permitted under the copyright Act.
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is part of the Office of Environment and Heritage. Published by: Office of Environment and Heri tage (NSW).
Contact: NPWS Northern Plains Region, PO Box 72 Narrabri NSW 2390. Ph 6792 7350
ISBN 978 1 74293 152 4 OEH 2011 / 0113 Date Approved: 11 September 2013
Incident Base Map Zone 56 coordinates – 100 metre contours
WARNING: This map is dissected by the 55 / 56 Map Zone Boundary. Only Zone 56 coordinates are used on this Sheet.
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