A significant number of Victoria’s fires occur in agricultural areas. Damages to crops, farm infrastructure and livestock have a significant impact on the livelihoods of the farming communities where these fires occur. This project aims to:
- document and develop an understanding of the primary drivers of agricultural fire
- develop an understanding of the outcomes of agricultural fire
- identify risks, including organisational risks to CFA
- identify areas for improvement of practices/documentation/guidance and provide insights that CFA can utilise in future reform of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and best practices (e.g. harvest go/no-go guidelines for ignition risk reduction, monitoring and handover, ignition methods and patterns and equipment).