TOTAL FIRE BAN & HARVEST, HOT WORKS AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BAN - Friday 8 January 2021

TOTAL FIRE BAN INFORMATION

On a Total Fire Ban day you are not allowed to light an open-air fire or conduct any activity that could start a fire. This includes lighting a campfire, using a welder, grinder or incinerator, conducting a burn-off, burning leaves and garden waste, firing up a wood or charcoal BBQ, using a wood-fired pizza oven, driving a vehicle in fire-prone areas and more.

For more information visit: www.dfes.wa.gov.au/totalfirebans/

HARVEST, HOT WORKS AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BAN

The Ban is in effect for Friday 8th January 2021 between the hours of 00:01 and 23:59 for the whole of the City of Wanneroo.  It is being reviewed at 6pm tonight at which time further advice will be issued.  

ACTIVITIES NOT PERMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS BAN 

Harvesting operations are not permitted,  Any “hot works” (e.g. welding, grinding, cutting, heating etc) in the “open air” are not permitted, (note—these activities are not permitted during the term of any Total Fire Ban). Other – Use or operation of any engine, vehicle, plant, equipment or machinery in the area likely to cause a bush fire or contribute to the spread of a bush fire.

ACTIVITIES PERMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS BAN 

Movement of Vehicles on “gazetted roads” (as described in Bush Fires regulation 24A(1) and Road Traffic Act 1974 section 5.1).  Movement of vehicles on a lane, driveway, yard or other area that provides access to, or a parking facility at, any residential, farming or business premises, if the area has been sufficiently cleared of inflammable material to prevent the escape of fire. Use or operation of a vehicle if it is for the prevention of an immediate and serious risk to the health or safety of a person or livestock, and only if all reasonable precautions have been taken to prevent the activity from creating a bush fire danger.  Use or operations of vehicles and undertaking of “hot works” by those persons holding a current Exemption under Bush Fires Act 1954 s. 22C (Exemption from Total Fire Bans)