Bush Fire Control Officers

City Officers are appointed as authorised Bush Fire Control Officers and can:

• Send out firebreak and bushfire hazard letters to all owners/occupiers of vacant land
• Conduct firebreak and bushfire hazard inspections from 1 November each year
• Send out work orders for non-compliant firebreaks and re-inspect as required
• Issue fines when required
• Carry out fuel assessments
• Investigate bushfire related enquiries.