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Badja Forest Rd New South Wales Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Eurobodalla Shire. Bega Valley Shire [4] 315,512 hectares (as of 15 February 2020) [3] Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] Bees Nest New South Wales Armidale Regional Council. Clarence Valley Council. August 31, 2019 [5] 100 000+ hectares [6]
The fires of the summer of 2019–2020 affected densely populated areas including holiday destinations resulting in the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, to claim it was "absolutely" the worst bushfire season on record [in that state]. [6]
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas and over 90% of the population are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW.
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service and Fire & Rescue New South Wales responded to up to 100 fires on 17 October. On 19 October crews from fire authorities in Victoria , South Australia , Tasmania , the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland joined to assist NSW emergency services' teams. [ 58 ]
One of the fires burned about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Albany around Redmond and another burned about 20 km (12 mi) north west of Albany around Porongurup and Napier. At least one home was lost to fire near Wellstead in a fire that burned out an area of 4,000 ha (9,900 acres), the Porongurup fire lost an area of 17,000 ha (42,000 acres). [25]
12:44 - The first Rural Fire Service unit arrives at the scene of the fire. 12:54 - Firefighters on scene report the fire is burning intensely and report Tathra as a possible future threat. 12:58 - The NSW Rural Fire Service decline a second offer of assistance from Fire and Rescue NSW with the fire rapidly escalating.
As of March 2014, there were over 530 state forests in NSW. [2] Forestry Corporation manages environmental conservation, community access, tourism, fire, land management and timber production within the state forests of NSW. [1] Approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of NSW State Forests are softwood timber plantations, and just under ...