Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818:front:0:p63
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 181645–184717

with tankers, light units, a fire shed, incident control room and trained staff. Volunteer units also operate at Wreck Bay and Jervis Bay villages and Christians Minde locality. A range of park policies to promote safe and environmentally sound fire management operations are in place (including policies on training, personal fire protection, use of chemical retardants and use of heavy machinery) and are regularly reviewed.

The management of fire use by visitors is covered by the EPBC Regulations. Under the Regulations a person must not light, maintain or use a fire in the park while a total fire ban declared by the Director is in force; light, maintain or use a fire at any other time except in a portable barbecue or stove, a fireplace provided by the Director, a fireplace of a kind approved by the Director or a place approved by the Director; leave a fire unattended; or use any fuel for a fire that is prohibited under this plan.

Issues
    * There is a risk to park resources and assets from fire, including off-park fire management activities.

    * Unplanned high-intensity fires may impact on life and property.

    * There is a need to protect Booderee's natural heritage, especially fire-sensitive species and communities.

    * There is a need to protect Booderee's cultural heritage, including Aboriginal sites of significance, archaeological sites and contemporary heritage.

    * There is a need to protect Booderee's recreational amenity, including viewscapes.

    * Climate change may impact on fire frequency and intensity and have implications for management, particularly conservation of biodiversity.

Prescriptions

Policies
    6.7.1        Fire will be managed in the park in accordance with the following principles:

       (a)     protection of human life and property within Booderee, Jervis Bay Territory and adjacent lands

       (b)     protection of the park's cultural heritage, including Aboriginal sites of significance and historic places

       (c)      protection of the park's natural heritage, especially threatened species, plant communities of special significance and fire sensitive species such as obligate seeders

       (d)     maintenance of a natural diversity of habitats for native fauna and flora

       (e)     incorporation where possible of relevant aspects of known Indigenous fire management practices.
    6.7.2        Fire will be managed in accordance with the Booderee Fire Management Program, which is prepared every five years within the framework of the prescriptions established by this plan.

    6.7.3        Fire operations will be conducted in accordance with the annual Booderee Fire Action Plan and with relevant legislation and park management policies.

    6.7.4        All unplanned fires occurring in Booderee will be suppressed as quickly as possible unless allowing a block to burn out can be done safely and without compromising the park's Fire Management Program.

    6.7.5        Areas disturbed by fire suppression operations will be rehabilitated as soon as practicable