Fuel Management
MADRA's Fuel Management Working Group information and other useful resources
Fuel Management Working Group
The forest surrounding Mallacoota and District is important to us all. It is our recreation and contributes to our sense of wellbeing. It also makes us vulnerable to fire. Fuel management around and within the town is one of the elements that contribute to our safety. As our climate changes, we are becoming more at risk from fire.
Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic), combining DELWP and Parks Vic, is the responsible agency with the CFA and East Gippsland Shire Council also involved. It is their job, according to various legislations, to do the work of fuel management in our towns and parks, forests and public and private lands. Private landowners have an equal responsibility to manage their own properties and keep them clean of fuel loads.
The Mallacoota Bushfire Fuel Management Group was formed before the 2019-20 fires, but became a working group under the umbrella of MADRA after the association was formed. Group members are representatives of the above agencies, local organisations and MADRA, as well as community members.
Overview
MADRA’s Fuel Management Working Group produced an overview of the group’s intentions and progress in March 2021 to help keep the community informed about fuel management issues around Mallacoota and District.
Webinar series
MADRA’s Fuel Management Working Group has prepared a series of webinars to support learnings on fuel management.
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Episode 1 - What happened on the day
What happened on that fateful day of 31 December 2019 when fire engulfed Mallacoota and Districts in regional Victoria? How did the bushfire take hold and how did agencies respond? Agency representatives talk about their experience on the days leading up to and including the day of the fire.
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Episode 2 - Why houses burn
CSIRO's Justin Leonard leads a panel discussion on why houses burn and presented by Lyn Harwood.
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Episode 3 - Understanding fire management
What do experts look for when they assess risk in the bush? How is the landscape managed and how do approaches differ depending on the terrain? Learn more about fire fuel management in this latest webinar from the Mallacoota and District Recovery Assocation.
Safer forests, Safer homes
Safer forests, Safer homes - Living with bushfire in Mallacoota
Click HERE to download the booklet.
This booklet has been prepared by volunteers of MADRA’s Fuel Management Working Group.
IGEM Overview Document
Click HERE to view or download the Overview of Implementation of Recommendations: Inquiry into 2019-20 Victorian Fire Season. This overview was provided by Inspector-General of Emergency Management Tony Pearce at the Mallacooota and District community meeting on Tuesday 12 December 2022.
Fuel Management Group
Fuel Management Group Recommendations and Updates 2023
Fuel Management Recommendations and Plans for areas around Karbeethong, Gipsy Point and Genoa, plus updates on works suggested and approved in 2021.
Fuel Management Recommendations 2023
Fuel Management Group Recommendations June 2021
Fuel Management Recommendations and Plans that were approved by the community at the fuel management meeting in April 2021.
Fuel Management Recommendations June 2021
Fuel Management Group community meeting - April 2021
On 28 April 2021, the Fuel Management Working Group community meeting was held at the Mallacoota Community Club Rooms.
Meeting Minutes - Fuel Management Working Group 28 April
Response from Council to community concerns - April 2021
We have been receiving letters from our community with concerns about vegetation and fire affected vegetation in and around the Mallacoota and district areas, we have shared these concerns with EGSC and to view their response.
Gippsland Bushfire Management Strategy
The FFMVic’s Gippsland Bushfire Management Strategy 2020 covers both public and private land and focuses on bushfire fuel management options.
Joint Fuel Management Program interactive map
Information and interactive map for the DELWP/Forest Fire Management Victoria Joint Fuel Management Program (JFMP)
DELWP/FFMVic Updates
Community updates produced by DELWP/Forest Fire Management Victoria
FFM Update - Commercial Rd Mallacoota, April 2023
Advice about non-burn fuel treatment works in the Commercial Road area of Mallacoota, April 2023
FFM Update - Commercial Rd Mallacoota, April 2023
Gippsland Region Fuel Management Program - Annual Report 2021-22
This report outlines the planning, preparation, and delivery of the Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) Gippsland Region Fuel Management Program for season 2021/22.
Gippsland Region Fuel Management Program - Annual Report 2021-22
Snowy District Community Newsletter #2
Snowy District update from DEWLP/Forest Fire Management Victoria
Snowy District Community Newsletter #2
Snowy District Community Newsletter #1
Snowy District update from DEWLP/Forest Fire Management Victoria
Snowy District Community Newsletter #1
FFM Vic - Mallacoota and District May 2022 Update
The May 2022 update for Mallacoota and District produced by Forest Fire Management Victoria
