Strategic Bushfire Management Plan - Current Bushfire Prone AreasThe BPA map is a single risk-based map that defines the area of the ACT that has been assessed as being at high risk to life and property due to bushfires. Canberra’s built-up areas that are adjacent to forest and grassland are defined as BPAs, as is the ACT’s entire rural area. Identifying the at-risk areas on the BPA map has two principal purposes: It requires assessment to determine mandatory construction standards for buildings under the Australian Standards AS 3959 – Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas. Concurrent with the development of the SBMP, the ACT Government is considering arrangements to extend BPAs (for the purposes of AS 3959 assessments) to include part of the built-up area of CanberraIt provides the means by which people in the community can assess their personal level of risk and provide the basis for targeted The BPA map will be reviewed as required to reflect changes in land use and tenure, and will be approved by the Commissioner. IMPORTANT NOTICE: The ACT Government is providing this bushfire management map for information purposes only. This data is derived from the best available vegetation. The ACT Government cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of any data and information contained on this site as, among other reasons, there may have been changes to land use and vegetation since the map was produced. The ACT Government disclaims liability to any person who acts in reliance on the information provided on this site or contained within the reports or plans on it whether that liability is in negligence or on any other legal basis.Persons who would otherwise seek to rely on the data and information contained on this site should make their own inquiries and seek their own expert advice. BPA is already declared over the Rural Areas of the ACT for the purposes of AS 3959 assessment.

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The State-wide Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) was produced for use by local governments to inform the preparation of planning schemes. The Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) identifies areas with the potential to support a significant bushfire or the potential to be subject to significant bushfire impacts. Additional Information: This product is the vector (unsmoothed) version of State-wide mapping of the Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in conjunction with QFES and PSBA. Methodology Summary: Potential intensity classes within the Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) are calculated by firstly combining information on Potential Fuel Load, Maximum Landscape Slope and Fire Weather Severity to calculate Potential Fire-line Intensity. Potential Fire-line Intensity is then divided into three potential bushfire intensity classes - Very High, High and Medium. Potential Impact Buffers are calculated to include all land within 100m from areas of medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity. Further details about the methodology are provided in the CSIRO report (i.e. Leonard, J., Newnham, G., Opie, K., and Blanchi, R.. (2014) A new methodology for state-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas in Queensland. CSIRO, Australia.) included in this data pack. This dataset identifies the potential bushfire hazard areas throughout Logan to support Overlay Map of the Logan Planning Scheme 2015.

The NSW Bush Fire Prone Land dataset is a map prepared in accordance with the Guide for Bush Fire Prone Land Mapping (BFPL Mapping Guide) and certified by the Commissioner of NSW RFS under section 146(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Over time there has been various releases of the BFPL Mapping Guide, in which the categories and types of vegetation included in the BFPL map have changed. The version of the guide under which, each polygon or LGA was certified is contained in the data. An area of land that can support a bush fire or is likely to be subject to bush fire attack, as designated on a bush fire prone land map. The definition of bushfire vegetation categories under guideline version 5b: \r Vegetation Category 1 consists of: \r

Areas of forest, woodlands, heaths (tall and short), forested wetlands and timber plantations. \r Vegetation Category 2 consists of: \r Rainforests. \r Lower risk vegetation parcels. These vegetation parcels represent a lower bush fire risk to surrounding development and consist of: - Remnant vegetation; - Land with ongoing land management practices that actively reduces bush fire risk. \r Vegetation Category 3 consists of: \r Grasslands, freshwater wetlands, semi-arid woodlands, alpine complex and arid shrublands. \r Buffers are created based on the bushfire vegetation, with buffering distance being 100 metres for vegetation category 1 and 30 metres for vegetation category 2 and 3. Vegetation excluded from the bushfire vegetation categories include isolated areas of vegetation less than one hectare, managed lands and some agricultural lands. Please refer to BFPL Mapping Guide for a full list of exclusions.The legislative context of this dataset is as follows: On 1 August 2002, the Rural Fires and Environmental Assessment Legislation Amendment Act 2002 (Amendment Act) came into effect.The Act amended both the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the Rural Fire Services Act 1997 to ensure that people, property and the environment are more fully protected against the dangers that may arise from bushfires. Councils are required to map bushfire prone land within their local government area, which becomes the trigger for the consideration of bushfire protection measures when developing land. BFPL Mapping Guidelines are available from www.rfs.nsw.gov.au\r This dataset is update upon certification of each LGA BFPL change or spot change.

This product is the State-wide mapping of the Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in conjunction with the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES).The Bushfire Hazard Area (Bushfire Prone Area) is provided as a separate shapefile for different regions of Queensland. Lineage: State-wide Bushfire Prone Area Mapping is produced by combining maps of potential fire weather severity, slope and potential fuel load to determine the potential fire-line intensity of a bushfire. The final Bushfire Prone Area map is generated from potential fire-line intensity mapping by removing areas that do not meet a minimum potential fire-line intensity threshold, removing small and disconnected patches of vegetation that are less likely to be ignited or would not sustain a severe bushfire, adding a potential impact buffer, smoothing map data to replicate naturally occurring boundaries and designating a hazard class at intensity thresholds.

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Abstract This spatial product shows consistent ‘near real-time’ bushfire and prescribed burn boundaries for all jurisdictions who have the technical ability or appropriate licence conditions to provide this information. Currency Maintenance of the underlying data is the responsibility of the custodian. Geoscience Australia has automated methods of regularly checking for changes in source data. Once detected the dataset and feeds will be updated as soon as possible. NOTE: The update frequency of the underlying data from the jurisdictions varies and, in most cases, does not line up to this product’s update cycle. Date created: November 2023 Modification frequency: Every 15 Minutes Spatial Extent

West Bounding Longitude: 113° South Bounding Latitude: -44° East Bounding Longitude: 154° North Bounding Latitude: -10°

Source Information The project team initially identified a list of potential source data through jurisdictional websites and the Emergency Management LINK catalogue. These were then confirmed by each jurisdiction through the EMSINA National and EMSINA Developers networks. This Webservice contains authoritative data sourced from:

Australian Capital Territory - Emergency Service Agency (ESA) New South Wales - Rural Fire Service (RFS) Queensland - Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) South Australia - Country Fire Service (CFS)
Tasmania - Tasmania Fire Service (TFS)
Victoria – Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)
Western Australia – Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)

The completeness of the data within this webservice is reliant on each jurisdictional source and the information they elect to publish into their Operational Bushfire Boundary webservices. Known Limitations:

This dataset does not contain information from the Northern Territory government. This dataset contains a subset of the Queensland bushfire boundary data. The Queensland ‘Operational’ feed that is consumed within this National Database displays a the last six (6) months of incident boundaries. In order to make this dataset best represent a ‘near-real-time’ or current view of operational bushfire boundaries Geoscience Australia has filtered the Queensland data to only incorporate the last two (2) weeks data. Geoscience Australia is aware of duplicate data (features) may appear within this dataset. This duplicate data is commonly represented in the regions around state borders where it is operationally necessary for one jurisdiction to understand cross border situations. Care must be taken when summing the values to obtain a total area burnt. The data within this aggregated National product is a spatial representation of the input data received from the custodian agencies. Therefore, data quality and data completion will vary. If you wish to assess more information about specific jurisdictional data and/or data feature(s) it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate custodian.

The accuracy of the data attributes within this webservice is reliant on each jurisdictional source and the information they elect to publish into their Operational Bushfire Boundary webservices. Note: Geoscience Australia has, where possible, attempted to align the data to the (as of October 2023) draft National Current Incident Extent Feeds Data Dictionary. However, this has not been possible in all cases. Work to progress this alignment will be undertaken after the publication of this dataset, once this project enters a maintenance period. Catalog entry: Bushfire Boundaries – Near Real-Time Lineage Statement Version 1 and 2 (2019/20): This dataset was first built by EMSINA, Geoscience Australia, and Esri Australia staff in early January 2020 in response to the Black Summer Bushfires. The product was aimed at providing a nationally consistent dataset of bushfire boundaries. Version 1 was released publicly on 8 January 2020 through Esri AGOL software.
Version 2 of the product was released in mid-February as EMSINA and Geoscience Australia began automating the product. The release of version 2 exhibited a reformatted attributed table to accommodate these new automation scripts. The product was continuously developed by the three entities above until early May 2020 when both the scripts and data were handed over to the National Bushfire Recovery Agency. The EMSINA Group formally ended their technical involvement with this project on June 30, 2020. Version 3 (2020/21): A 2020/21 version of the National Operational Bushfire Boundaries dataset was agreed to by the Australian Government. It continued to extend upon EMSINA’s 2019/20 Version 2 product. This product was owned and managed by the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, with Geoscience Australia identified as the technical partners responsible for development and delivery. Work on Version 3 began in August 2020 with delivery of this product occurring on 14 September 2020. Version 4 (2021/22): A 2021/22 version of the National Operational Bushfire Boundaries dataset was produced by Geoscience Australia. This product was owned and managed by Geoscience Australia, who provided both development and delivery. Work on Version 4 began in August 2021 with delivery of this product occurring on 1 September 2021. The dataset was discontinued in May 2022 because of insufficient Government funding. Version 5 (2023/25): A 2023/25 version of the National Near-Real-Time Bushfire Boundaries dataset is produced by Geoscience Australia under funding from the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) - CSIRO. NBIC and Geoscience Australia have also partnered with the EMSINA Group to assist with accessing and delivering this dataset. This dataset is the first time where the jurisdictional attributes are aligned to AFAC’s National Bushfire Schema.
Work on Version 5 began in August 2023 and was released in late 2023 under formal access arrangements with the States and Territories. Data Dictionary Geoscience Australia has not included attributes added automatically by spatial software processes in the table below.

Attribute Name Description

fire_id ID attached to fire (e.g. incident ID, Event ID, Burn ID).

fire_name Incident name. If available.

fire_type Binary variable to describe whether a fire was a bushfire or prescribed burn.

ignition_date The date of the ignition of a fire event. Date and time are local time zone from the State where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_date The date of the incident boundary was captured or updated. Date and time are local time zone from the Jurisdiction where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_method Categorical variable to describe the source of data used for defining the spatial extent of the fire.

area_ha Burnt area in Hectares. Currently calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction supply area in appropriate projection to match state incident reporting system.

perim_km ) Burnt perimeter in Kilometres. Calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction preference is that supplied perimeter calculations are used for consistency with jurisdictional reporting.

state State custodian of the data. NOTE: Currently some states use and have in their feeds cross border data

agency Agency that is responsible for the incident

date_retrieved The date and time that Geoscience Australia retrieved this data from the jurisdictions, stored as UTC. Please note when viewed in ArcGIS Online, the date is converted from UTC to your local time.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: The Bushfire Protection Areas falls under the Development Act 1993 and has been superseded by the Bushfire Overlays (found in Planning and Design Code Overlays) under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016. Bushfire Protection Areas show the spatial extent of the Bushfire Protection provisions brought in under the Ministerial Bushfire Management amendments in 2006 (part 1 and part 2) and 2007 (part 3). The level of bushfire risk is rated as High, Medium, General or Excluded and determines the planning approvals plus requirements under the Australian Building Code and Australian Standard AS 3959 for the construction of dwellings in the defined bushfire risk areas. Some areas have criteria that, if met, change the designated level of bushfire risk. Bushfire Protection Areas exist in the South East Region, Riverland, Kangaroo Island, Mount Lofty Ranges, Mid North, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula.

This layer is displayed on the Bushfire hazard overlay map in City Plan version 7, and identifies areas of land with very high, high or medium potential bushfire hazard and potential bushfire impact buffers. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

This polygon layer provides BPA information in the Wodonga region. Building construction and planning controls apply to developments in designated bushfire prone areas.For more information about BPA, please visit Building in bushfire prone areas (planning.vic.gov.au)For interactive map, please visit: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c1e347c552524afeac2020127fa53a89/

Bush Fire Prone Land is mapped within a local government area, which becomes the trigger for planning for bush fire protection. Bush Fire Prone Land mapping is intended to designate areas of the State that are considered to be higher bush fire risk for development control purposes. Not being designated bush fire prone is not a guarantee that losses from bush fires will not occur.
The NSW Bush Fire Prone Land dataset is a map prepared in accordance with the Guide for Bush Fire Prone Land Mapping (BFPL Mapping Guide) and certified by the Commissioner of NSW RFS under purposes of Section 10.3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203.

Over time there has been various releases of the BFPL Mapping Guide, in which the categories and types of vegetation included in the BFPL map have changed. The version of the guide under which, each polygon or LGA was certified is contained in the data. An area of land that can support a bush fire or is likely to be subject to bush fire attack, as designated on a bush fire prone land map.

The definition of bush fire vegetation categories under guideline version 5b:
* Vegetation Category 1 consists of: > Areas of forest, woodlands, heaths (tall and short), forested wetlands and timber plantations.
* Vegetation Category 2 consists of: >Rainforests. >Lower risk vegetation parcels. These vegetation parcels represent a lower bush fire risk to surrounding development and consist of: - Remnant vegetation; - Land with ongoing land management practices that actively reduces bush fire risk.
* Vegetation Category 3 consists of: > Grasslands, freshwater wetlands, semi-arid woodlands, alpine complex and arid shrublands.
* Buffers are created based on the bushfire vegetation, with buffering distance being 100 metres for vegetation category 1 and 30 metres for vegetation category 2 and 3.

Vegetation excluded from the bushfire vegetation categories include isolated areas of vegetation less than one hectare, managed lands and some agricultural lands. Please refer to BFPL Mapping Guide for a full list of exclusions.

The legislative context of this dataset is as follows:
On 1 August 2002, the Rural Fires and Environmental Assessment Legislation Amendment Act 2002 (Amendment Act) came into effect. The Act amended both the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the Rural Fire Services Act 1997 to ensure that people, property and the environment are more fully protected against the dangers that may arise from bushfires. Councils are required to map bushfire prone land within their local government area, which becomes the trigger for the consideration of bushfire protection measures when developing land. BFPL Mapping Guidelines are available from www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/_data/assets/pdf_file/0011/4412/Guideline-for-Councils-to-Bushfire-Prone-Area-Land-Mapping.pdf

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Abstract This spatial product shows accumulating 3-hourly snapshots of bushfire and prescribed burn boundaries, consistent across all jurisdictions who have the technical ability or appropriate licence conditions to provide this information. This dataset is derived from the National Near-Real-Time Bushfire Boundaries product. Currency Maintenance of the underlying data is the responsibility of the individual custodian. NOTE: The update frequency of the underlying data from the jurisdictions varies and, in most cases, does not line up to this product’s update cycle. Date created: November 2023 Modification frequency: Every 3 Hours Spatial Extent

West Bounding Longitude: 113° South Bounding Latitude: -44° East Bounding Longitude: 154° North Bounding Latitude: -10°

Source Information This dataset is derived from the National Near-Real-Time Bushfire Boundaries product. The project team initially identified a list of potential source data through jurisdictional websites and the Emergency Management LINK catalogue. These were then confirmed by each jurisdiction through the EMSINA National and EMSINA Developers networks. This Webservice contains authoritative data sourced from:

Australian Capital Territory - Emergency Service Agency (ESA) New South Wales - Rural Fire Service (RFS) Queensland - Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) South Australia - Country Fire Service (CFS)
Tasmania - Tasmania Fire Service (TFS)
Victoria – Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)
Western Australia – Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)

The completeness of the data within this webservice is reliant on each jurisdictional source and the information they elect to publish into their Operational Bushfire Boundary webservices. Known Limitations:

This dataset does not contain information from the Northern Territory government. This dataset contains a subset of the Queensland bushfire boundary data. The Queensland ‘Operational’ feed that is consumed within this National Database displays a the last six (6) months of incident boundaries. In order to make this dataset best represent a ‘near-real-time’ or current view of operational bushfire boundaries Geoscience Australia has filtered the Queensland data to only incorporate the last two (2) weeks data. Geoscience Australia is aware of duplicate data (features) may appear within this dataset. This duplicate data is commonly represented in the regions around state borders where it is operationally necessary for one jurisdiction to understand cross border situations. Care must be taken when summing the values to obtain a total area burnt. The data within this aggregated National product is a spatial representation of the input data received from the custodian agencies. Therefore, data quality and data completion will vary. If you wish to assess more information about specific jurisdictional data and/or data feature(s) it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate custodian.

The accuracy of the data attributes within this webservice is reliant on each jurisdictional source and the information they elect to publish into their Operational Bushfire Boundary webservices. Note: Geoscience Australia has, where possible, attempted to align the data to the (as of October 2023) draft National Current Incident Extent Feeds Data Dictionary. However, this has not been possible in all cases. Work to progress this alignment will be undertaken after the publication of this dataset, once this project enters a maintenance period. Catalog entry: Bushfire Boundaries – 3-Hourly Accumulation Lineage Statement Version 1 (2021/22): A 2021/22 version of the National 3 Hourly Cumulative Bushfire Boundaries dataset was produced by Geoscience Australia. This product was owned and managed by Geoscience Australia, who provided both development and delivery. Work on Version 1 of this dataset began in August 2021 with delivery occurring in September 2021. The dataset was discontinued in May 2022 due to insufficient Government funding. Version 2 (2023/25): A 2023/25 version of National Near-Real-Time Bushfire Boundaries dataset is produced by Geoscience Australia under funding from the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) - CSIRO. NBIC and Geoscience Australia have also partnered with the EMSINA Group to assist with accessing and delivering this dataset. This dataset is the first time where the jurisdictional attributes are aligned to AFAC’s National Bushfire Schema.
Work on Version 2 began in August 2023 and was released in late 2023 under formal access arrangements with the States and Territories. Data Dictionary Geoscience Australia has not included attributes added automatically by spatial software processes in the table below.

Attribute Name Description

fire_id ID attached to fire (e.g. incident ID, Event ID, Burn ID).

fire_name Incident name. If available.

fire_type Binary variable to describe whether a fire was a bushfire or prescribed burn.

ignition_date The date of the ignition of a fire event. Date and time are local time zone from the State where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_date The date of the incident boundary was captured or updated. Date and time are local time zone from the Jurisdiction where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_method Categorical variable to describe the source of data used for defining the spatial extent of the fire.

area_ha Burnt area in Hectares. Currently calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction supply area in appropriate projection to match state incident reporting system.

perim_km ) Burnt perimeter in Kilometres. Calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction preference is that supplied perimeter calculations are used for consistency with jurisdictional reporting.

state State custodian of the data. NOTE: Currently some states use and have in their feeds cross border data

agency Agency that is responsible for the incident

date_retrieved The date and time that Geoscience Australia retrieved this data from the jurisdictions, stored as UTC. Please note when viewed in ArcGIS Online, the date is converted from UTC to your local time.

Contact Contact: Geoscience Australia clientservices@ga.gov.au

The Bush Fire Prone Areas 2021 dataset (OBRM-019) identifies bush fire prone areas of Western Australia as designated by the Fire and Emergency Services (FES) Commissioner on 11 December 2021. This dataset is provided for historical reference purposes and is superseded by the Bush Fire Prone Areas 2024 dataset (OBRM-021). Bush fire prone areas are subject to, or likely to be subject to, bush fire attack. A bush fire prone area is identified by the presence of and proximity to bush fire prone vegetation and includes both the area containing the bush fire prone vegetation and a 100 metre buffer zone immediately surrounding it. More information is available from Office of Bushfire Risk Management (OBRM). Contact: Office of Bushfire Risk Management, obrm@dfes.wa.gov.au

Abstract The National Bushfire Historical Extents Dataset (version 3.0) represents the aggregation of jurisdictional supplied burnt areas polygons (except Northern Territory) that date from the late 1800's through to 2024. The burnt areas represent curated jurisdictional owned polygons of both bushfires and prescribed (planned) burns. This dataset was produced under Work Stream 1C - Activity 3 of the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability; a collaborative partnership between the Australian Climate Services, CSIRO (NBIC), Geoscience Australia (GA), and the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network (EMSINA). Under agreement this Project (Activity 3) will release a nationally consistent, harmonised and standardised historical bushfire extent dataset derived from the authoritative state and territory agencies. The information released within this dataset is reflective of the data supplied by participating authoritative agencies. It may, or may not, represent all fire history within that jurisdiction. Apart from small updates to this dataset up until 30 June 2025 there are no plans for another major update to this Product. Currency Date modified: November 2024 Next modification date: June 2025 Data Extent Spatial extent North: -9° South: -44° East: 154° West: 112° Temporal extent 30 December 1899 to 29 August 2024 Source information Catalog entry: Bushfire Boundaries – Historical Lineage Statement Date created: 24 October 2024 Version 3 of this dataset extends upon the previous versions of this dataset built and released under the Australia Research Data Commons Project in early 2023 and National Bushfire Intelligence Capability in October 2023. This dataset represents an updated aggregation of each jurisdiction (except the Northern Territo ry) fire history data to include information from the 2023-24 bushfire season. Sources of State and Territory Data are: - Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation - New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service - New South Wales Rural Fire Service - Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service - South Australia Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources - Tasmania Department of Natural Resources and Environment - Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Please note that some of the above are responsible for the collection and distribution of multiple Agencies data. These agencies are identified at the attribute level.

Northern Territory Data: The Northern Territory Government continue to progress in the development of their Bushfire Extent capabilities. Work is well underway with the relevant agency’s to be able to incorporate NT Government approved Historical Bushfire Extent data in the near future. Product standardisation: The data provided by each jurisdiction is standardised and harmonised. This process maps the existing state/territory attributes to the National Data Schema that was agreed to and endorsed by the participating state agencies and the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council. The Digital Atlas of Australia data team published an optimised Bushfire Historic Extents dataset designed to perform efficiently in either a desktop application or a web service. Data dictionary All layers

Attribute name Description

fire_id ID attached to fire (e.g. incident ID, Event ID, Burn ID).

fire_name Incident name. If available.

fire_type Binary variable to describe whether a fire was a bushfire or prescribed burn.

ignition_date The date of the ignition of a fire event. Date and time are local time zone from the State where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capture_date The date of the incident boundary was captured or updated. Date and time are local time zone from the Jurisdiction where the fire is located and stored as a string.

extinguish_date The date a fire is declared safe (contained and under control). If available.

capt_method Categorical variable to describe the source of data used for defining the spatial extent of the fire.

area_ha Burnt area in Hectares. Currently calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction supply area in appropriate projection to match state incident reporting system.

perim_km Burnt perimeter in Kilometres. Calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction preference is that supplied perimeter calculations are used for consistency with jurisdictional reporting.

state State custodian of the data. NOTE: Currently some states use and have in their feeds cross border data

agency Agency that is responsible for the incident

Fire Type definitions

Data Source Category Description

Bushfire Unplanned vegetation fire. A generic term which includes grass fires, forest fires and scrub fires both with and without a suppression objective. Also known as wildfire, accident, arson, lightning.

Prescribed Burn The controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, intensity, and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives. Also known as planned burning, fuel reduction, traditional owner, ecological, hazard reduction

Unknown Fire type is undetermined.

Ignition Cause definitions

Data Source Category Description

Accidental Fires that are not the result of a deliberate (intentional) act.

Natural Fires that ignite without human intervention.

Incendiary Fires result from deliberate acts, intentional actions, or circumstances for the fire to occur in areas where it should not have occurred.

Undetermined Fires that have not yet been investigated, under investigation or fires that have been investigated and the cause is not proven to an acceptable level of certainty.

Capture Method definitions

Data Source Category Description

Aerial photography Derived from Aerial photography including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods.

Linescanner Mapped against airborne sensor systems.

Ground intelligence Mud map from ground observation.

Ground intelligence GPS Fire boundary derived from ground (e.g. GPS tracker, Avenza).

Air intelligence Mud map from air observation.

Air intelligence GPS Fire boundary derived from air (e.g. helicopter, spotter).

Himawari Derived from geostationary satellite Himawari and includes manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 2 kilometres).

NOAA AVHRR Derived from Low Resolution - NOAA AVHRR satellite including manual interpretation, partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 1 kilometres).

MODIS Derived from Low Resolution - MODIS satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 250 metres).

VIIRS Derived from Low Resolution - VIIRS satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 375 metres).

Landsat Derived from Medium Resolution - Landsat satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 30 metres).

Sentinel Derived from Medium Resolution - Sentinel satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 10 - 20 metres).

Multiple Derived from multiple sources e.g. combination of ground intel and linescanner. For detailed information contact agency or state responsible.

Unknown Data Source is unknown.

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This map service is for use by the public to assist with planning and development enquiries in the City of Logan. It includes key maps from the current version of the Logan Planning Scheme 2015, including zones and zone precincts, local plans and local plan precincts, overlays, local government infrastructure plan (LGIP) maps, and some of the key planning scheme policy (PSP) maps relating to environment (policy 3) and infrastructure (policy 5). These maps are also available as ‘interactive mapping’ in the Logan PD Hub: https://loganhub.com.au . For a full list of planning scheme maps, please refer to Council’s website: <http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/planning-and-development /logan-planning-scheme/>

Generalised version at 1:100:000 scale with the LGA boundaries dissolved of the BUSHFIRE_PRONE_AREA dataset. Polygon features identify designated Bushfire Prone Areas where specific bushfire building construction requirements apply. The municipal areas of Melbourne, Yarra, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Darebin, Boroondara, Stonnington, Glen Eira, Moreland, Port Phillip and Bayside do not have any designated bushfire prone areas. The original boundaries were gazetted on 7 Sep 2011. Changes to the boundaries have been gazetted on 25 Oct 2012, 8 Oct 2013, 30 Dec 2013, 3 June 2014, 22 Oct 2014, 19 August 2015, 21 April 2016, 18 October 2016, 02 June 2017, 06 November 2017, 16 May 2018, 16 Oct 2018, 4 Apr 2019, 10 Sep 2019, 24 March 2020, 7 September 2020, 25 January 2021, 6 July 2021, 18 March 2022, 17 August 2022, 20 April 2023, 15 December 2023, 10 September 2024 Bushfire prone areas (BPA) of Victoria review 23, gazetted 10/09/2024. The BPA map depicts locations where new buildings, alterations and/or additions must meet the ‘bushfire prone area’ requirements of the National Construction Code and a minimum Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) 12.5 construction standard (Section 192A Building Act 1993 – Bushfire Prone Areas determination, and construction requirements of the Building Regulations 2018). This data set has been simplified using ArcGIS Pro 3.0.0 - Generalize Tool with a 50m tolerance.

Currently Councils BFPLM includes two vegetation categories with different width buffers dependent upon the potential risk of fire posed by the vegetation.

Vegetation Category 1

Vegetation Category 1 is considered to be the highest risk for bush fire. It is represented as solid orange on the bush fire prone land map and will be given a 100m buffer. This vegetation category has the highest combustibility and likelihood of forming fully developed fires including heavy ember production.

Vegetation Category 1 consists of:

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Areas of forest, woodlands, heaths (tall and short), forested wetlands and timber plantations

Vegetation Category 2

Vegetation Category 2 is considered to be the lowest risk for bush fire. It is represented as solid yellow on a bush fire prone land map and will be given a 30 metre buffer.

This vegetation category has lower combustibility and/or limited potential fire size due to the vegetation area shape and size, land geography and management practices.

Vegetation Category 2 consists of:

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Rainforests

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Lower risk vegetation parcels. These vegetation parcels represent a lower bush fire risk to surrounding development and consist of:

Remnant vegetation; Land with ongoing land management practices that actively reduces bush fire risk. These areas must be subject to a plan of management or similar that demonstrates that the risk of bush fire is offset by strategies that reduce bush fire risk; AND include:

Discrete urban reserve/s; Parcels that are isolated from larger uninterrupted tracts of vegetation and known fire paths; Shapes and topographies which do not permit significant upslope fire runs towards development; Suitable access and adequate infrastructure to support suppression by firefighters; Vegetation that represents a lower likelihood of ignitions because the vegetation is surrounded by development in such a way that an ignition in any part of the vegetation has a higher likelihood of detection.

Buffer Zones

These are shown as solid red on the maps for both categories and represent the area within which the impacts of a bushfire, such as ember attack, are likely to be experienced by adjoin landholders to mapped bushland areas.

Please zoom in to a town or local area for data to display.Abstract The Historical Bushfire Boundaries Dataset (version 2) represents the aggregation of jurisdictional supplied burnt areas polygons that date from the early 1900s through to 2023 (excluding the Northern Territory). The burnt areas represent curated jurisdictional owned polygons of bushfires and prescribed (planned) burns. This dataset was produced under Work Stream 1C - Activity 3 of the National Bushfire Intelligence Capability (NBIC) , a collaborative partnership between:

Australian Climate Service CSIRO (NBIC) Geoscience Australia Emergency Management Spatial Information Network (EMSINA)

Under agreement this Project (Activity 3) will release a nationally consistent, harmonised and standardised historical bushfire boundary dataset derived from the authoritative state and territory agencies in both 2023 (this dataset) and again in November 2024.
The information released within this dataset is reflective of the data supplied by participating authoritative agencies. It may, or may not, represent all fire history within that jurisdiction. Geoscience Australia's role within this project is to:

negotiate access to the state/territory historic bushfire boundary datasets aggregate, harmonise and standardise the jurisdictional data against the Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) National Bushfire Boundary Standards host the completed spatial product(s) arrange for the 'Historical Bushfire Boundaries' spatial dataset to be accessible through Geoscience Australia’s external data catalogues and through the new Digital Atlas of Australia platform ensure stakeholders have access to regular project updates.

To harmonsise and standardise this dataset Geoscience Australia have utilised the AFAC endorsed data dictionary for fire history. This data dictionary and the definitions provided allowed Geoscience Australia to map common attributes from both sources. Unfortunately, not all attributes mapped across like-for-like. This resulted in Geoscience Australia either modifying or joining some of the jurisdictional attributes to fit or Geoscience Australia added them during the processing stage. Currency Date created: 03 March 2023 Date modified: November 2023 Next modification date: November 2024 Spatial Extent

West Bounding Longitude: 112° South Bounding Latitude: -44° East Bounding Longitude: 154° North Bounding Latitude: -9°

Source Information Catalog entry: Bushfire Boundaries – Historical Lineage Statement This dataset extends upon the first version of this dataset to be built and released under the Australia Research Data Commons Project in early 2023.
This dataset (version 2) represents an updated aggregation of each jurisdiction (except the Northern Territory) fire history data to include information from the 2022-23 bushfire season.
Agencies that have provided data include:

Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation
New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Tasmania Department of Natural Resources and Environment Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services

The Northern Territory Government is progressing in the development of their Bushfire Boundary Capabilities. Work is underway with the relevant agencies to incorporate Northern Territory Government approved Historical Bushfire Boundary data in the future.
Product standardisation: The data provided by each jurisdiction is standardised and harmonised. This process maps the existing state/territory attributes to the National Data Schema that was agreed to and endorsed by the participating state agencies and the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council. The Digital Atlas of Australia data team published an optimised Bushfire Boundaries Historic dataset designed to perform efficiently in either a desktop application or a web service.
This process utilised FME to reduce the processing time on millions of vertices within the complex dataset:

Dataset projected to epsg:4326 to align with the near real time services hosted on the Digital Atlas of Australia Removes island or donut polygons within a fire extent, therefore a fire extent is shown with an outline and no internal parts Create separate polygon chunks based on 10000 vertices while maintaining the same attributes for each chunk of the identified fire, if a fire consists of multiple polygons each polygon is counted separately within the identified fire

As a result the Bushfire Boundaries Historic dataset hosted in the Digital Atlas of Australia has more records than the original dataset. Data Dictionary All Layers

Attribute Name Description

fire_id ID attached to fire (e.g. incident ID, Event ID, Burn ID).

fire_name Incident name. If available.

fire_type Binary variable to describe whether a fire was a bushfire or prescribed burn.

ignition_date The date of the ignition of a fire event. Date and time are local time zone from the State where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_date The date of the incident boundary was captured or updated. Date and time are local time zone from the Jurisdiction where the fire is located and stored as a string.

capt_method Categorical variable to describe the source of data used for defining the spatial extent of the fire.

area_ha Burnt area in Hectares. Currently calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction supply area in appropriate projection to match state incident reporting system.

perim_km ) Burnt perimeter in Kilometres. Calculated field so that all areas calculations are done in the same map projection. Jurisdiction preference is that supplied perimeter calculations are used for consistency with jurisdictional reporting.

state State custodian of the data. NOTE: Currently some states use and have in their feeds cross border data

agency Agency that is responsible for the incident

date_retrieved The date and time that Geoscience Australia retrieved this data from the jurisdictions, stored as UTC. Please note when viewed in ArcGIS Online, the date is converted from UTC to your local time.

Fire Type definitions

Data Source Category Description

Bushfire Unplanned vegetation fire. A generic term which includes grass fires, forest fires and scrub fires both with and without a suppression objective. Also known as wildfire, accident, arson, lightning.

Prescribed Burn The controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, intensity, and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives. Also known as planned burning, fuel reduction, traditional owner, ecological, hazard reduction

Unknown Fire type is undetermined.

Ignition Cause definitions

Data Source Category Description

Accidental Fires that are not the result of a deliberate (intentional) act.

Natural Fires that ignite without human intervention.

Incendiary Fires result from deliberate acts, intentional actions, or circumstances for the fire to occur in areas where it should not have occurred.

Undetermined Fires that have not yet been investigated, under investigation or fires that have been investigated and the cause is not proven to an acceptable level of certainty.

Capture Method definitions

Data Source Category Description

Aerial photography Derived from Aerial photography including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods.

Linescanner Mapped against airborne sensor systems.

Ground intelligence Mud map from ground observation.

Ground intelligence GPS Fire boundary derived from ground (e.g. GPS tracker, Avenza).

Air intelligence Mud map from air observation.

Air intelligence GPS Fire boundary derived from air (e.g. helicopter, spotter).

Himawari Derived from geostationary satellite Himawari and includes manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 2 kilometres).

NOAA AVHRR Derived from Low Resolution - NOAA AVHRR satellite including manual interpretation, partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 1 kilometres).

MODIS Derived from Low Resolution - MODIS satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 250 metres).

VIIRS Derived from Low Resolution - VIIRS satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 375 metres).

Landsat Derived from Medium Resolution - Landsat satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 30 metres).

Sentinel Derived from Medium Resolution - Sentinel satellite imagery including manual interpretation as well as partially automated and fully automated methods (spatial accuracy ± 10 - 20 metres).

Multiple Derived from multiple sources e.g. combination of ground intel and linescanner. For detailed information contact agency or state responsible.

Unknown Data Source is unknown.

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Data acquisitionOccurrence data for bee species were downloaded from ALA60 using ALA4R version 1.8.064 in R version 3.6.265.Floral visitation data were obtained from ALA60, Museums Victoria, the Western Australian Museum66,67, and publications (Tables S1 and S2). Floral visitation records were checked for errors and synonymies using the Australian Plant Name Index68. Life-history traits for bee species were sourced, in most cases, from the most recent taxonomic descriptions, or other publications (Tables S1 and S2). A one-hectare resolution Major Vegetation Subgroup (MVS) map was sourced from Geoscience Australia’s National Mapping Division (NMD)61. Fire frequency data from 1988 to 2016 were downloaded from the Department of Environment and Energy (DEE)69, 2019–20 wildfire occurrence data (National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset — NIAFED — version 20200623) were sourced from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)36, and 2019–20 wildfire intensity data (Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Map — GEEBAM) were sourced from the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE)62. All raster data sources were matched in resolution to the one-hectare MVS map. These GIS data sources may vary in spatial uncertainty or resolution and their caveats can be found at their respective locations online.Data filtering and analysesOccurrence data from ALA were filtered to include only reliable (“preserved specimens”, “machine observations” — e.g., malaise traps, — and data from published datasets) and “present” (compared to “absent”) records. Records without geographic locations or that did not align with base maps were excluded from GIS analyses. Species were then filtered for minimum sample size (n = 30) and minimum number of unique localities (n = 5). However, if there were 15 or more unique localities and a sample size of less than 30, the species was included.The MVS map was reprojected to a world geodetic system (WGS 1984, EPSG:4326) and clipped to the 2019–20 wildfire map in QGIS version 3.1270. The NIAFED and GEEBAM maps were aligned and matched to the resolution of the MVS map using the package raster version 3.0-1271 in R version 3.6.265. Major vegetation subgroups61, 2019–20 wildfire status36, and fire frequency69 were extracted for each ALA record using raster. The proportion of each MVS burnt was calculated by clipping MVS maps with the 2019–20 burn map in ArcMap Version 10.6.172. All map files used in our analyses are available at (html location to be confirmed upon acceptance) for use with our R script.We complemented species distributional data (ALA60 point data) with spatial information on their associated habitat (MVS61), to avoid reliance on the limited data for some species. To determine the potential distribution of each species we buffered the latitudinal and longitudinal extents of the raster datasets (MVS, fire frequency, NIAFED, and GEEBAM) by 20% in each direction. For geographically-restricted species with latitudinal or longitudinal ranges less than one degree (~111 km), we buffered their extent by one degree in each direction along that axis or axes. These values were chosen as conservative estimates of species distributional extents, but we recognize that this treatment may over-inflate the distribution of some species with highly-localized ranges. These data are broken into four files:Map_data — hosts all of the map files used in the analysesBee-plant_point_data — hosts the ALA download data, combined bee dataset, and the life history and plant data spreadsheetWard_comparison_data — hosts some of the data used for the Ward co-analysis using our methodAll_other_R_data — hosts many of the runfiles from our main analysis

Polygon features identify designated Bushfire Prone Areas where specific bushfire building construction requirements apply. The municipal areas of Melbourne, Yarra, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Darebin, Boroondara, Stonnington, Glen Eira, Moreland, Port Phillip and Bayside do not have any designated bushfire prone areas. The original boundaries were gazetted on 7 Sep 2011. Changes to the boundaries have been gazetted on 25 Oct 2012, 8 Oct 2013, 30 Dec 2013, 3 June 2014, 22 Oct 2014, 19 August 2015, 21 April 2016, 18 October 2016, 02 June 2017, 06 November 2017, 16 May 2018, 16 Oct 2018, 4 Apr 2019, 10 Sep 2019, 24 March 2020, 7 September 2020, 25 January 2021, 6 July 2021, 18 March 2022, 17 August 2022, 20 April 2023, 15 December 2023, 10 September 2024

• Bushfire prone areas (BPA) of Victoria review 23, gazetted 10/09/2024. The BPA map depicts locations where new buildings, alterations and/or additions must meet the ‘bushfire prone area’ requirements of the National Construction Code and a minimum Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) 12.5 construction standard (Section 192A Building Act 1993 – Bushfire Prone Areas determination, and construction requirements of the Building Regulations 2018).

Refer to the following web links for information and Interactive Map. https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/bushfire-protection/building-in-bushfire-prone-areas

Strategic Bushfire Management Plan - Fire Management ZonesIn the SBMP, Fire Management Zones are identified as a subset of BPAs where measurable fuel management treatments are applied. The location and alignment of these zones reflect the risk of bushfires starting and spreading, and impacting on life, property and other assets. The zones established include Asset Protection Zones, Strategic Firefighting Advantage Zones, Land Management Zones and Rural Land Management Zones.The widths and locations of the Zones shown on this map are indicative and the actual widths and location will be determined in consideration of the ACT Fire Management Standards and operational requirements, through the development of Regional Fire Management Plans and Bushfire Operational Plans (including Farm Firewise). Chapter 11 of the SBMP details considerations used in determining the location and extent of Asset Protection Zones adjacent to new and established urban areas.Fire Management Zoning maps will be reviewed as required to reflect significant changes, which may include unplanned bushfires or changes to the location or extent of assets. The Commissioner is responsible for approval of these maps.IMPORTANT NOTICEThe ACT Government is providing this bushfire management map for information purposes only. This data is derived from the best available vegetation. The ACT Government cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of any data and information contained on this site as, among other reasons, there may have been changes to land use and vegetation since the map was produced. The ACT Government disclaims liability to any person who acts in reliance on the information provided on this site or contained within the reports or plans on it whether that liability is in negligence or on any other legal basis. Persons who would otherwise seek to rely on the data and information contained on this site should make their own inquiries and seek their own expert advice.

PLEASE NOTE:

_ GEEBAM is an interim product and there is no ground truthing or assessment of accuracy. Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) data should be used for accurate information on fire severity and loss of biomass in relation to bushfires._

The intention of this dataset was to provide a rapid assessment of fire impact.

In collaboration with the University of NSW, the NSW Department of Planning Infrastructure and Environment (DPIE) Remote Sensing and Landscape Science team has developed a rapid mapping approach to find out where wildfires in NSW have affected vegetation. We call it the Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Map (GEEBAM) and it relies on Sentinel 2 satellite imagery. The product output is a TIFF image with a resolution of 15m. Burnt Area Classes:

1. Little change observed between pre and post fire

2. Canopy unburnt - A green canopy within the fire ground that may act as refugia for native fauna, may be affected by fire

3. Canopy partially affected - A mix of burnt and unburnt canopy vegetation

4. Canopy fully affected -The canopy and understorey are most likely burnt

Using GEEBAM at a local scale requires visual interpretation with reference to satellite imagery. This will ensure the best results for each fire or vegetation class.

Important Note: GEEBAM is an interim product and there is no ground truthing or assessment of accuracy. It is updated fortnightly.

Please see Google Earth Engine Burnt Area Factsheet