Bushfire risk management

The objectives of bushfire management within the City of Joondalup include:

• Protecting life, critical infrastructure, property and the environment
• Fulfilling obligations under bushfire-related legislation and undertaking best-practice bushfire management
• Maintaining and enhancing biodiversity values within natural areas
• Ensuring long term survival of native wildlife populations
• Minimising adverse impacts on regional air quality
• Providing consistency within the City’s operations regarding bushfire risk management.

To reduce the risk of a bushfire occurrence within the City of Joondalup, several bushfire management actions have been implemented including:

• Weed control (mechanical and chemical)
• Installation and maintenance of firebreaks and fire access ways on City owned or managed land
• Annual firebreak and bushfire hazard inspections on all vacant land and bushland within the City
• Fuel assessments on bushland greater than 2,000m²/0.2ha
• Controlled access to sites
• Community education.