The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is undertaking a hazard reduction burn in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, La Perouse, Friday 24 April.
The 3 hectares burn between the Jennifer Street Boardwalk and Cullen Driving Range is part of an on-going fuel management program aimed to reduce the risk to life, property and the environment from potential bushfires.
The NPWS hazard reduction program for 2020 is focussed on essential burns to protect park neighbours, assets or significant habitat to ensure ongoing recovery of the wildlife impacted by the summer bushfires.
Undertaking burns when conditions are right to ensure they are safe and effective is an important part of managing the potential risk of bushfire to communities and the environment before next summer. This work also provides firefighters safe zones and access where they can defend properties, should a bushfire occur.
All burns across NSW will continue to be coordinated with the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to ensure the impact on the community, including from smoke, are assessed at a regional level. Details on specific burns will be made available in advance on the Rural Fire Service website, ‘Fires Near Me’ app, and on NPWS Alerts website.
For health information relating to smoke from bush fires and hazard reduction burning, visit NSW Health or the Asthma Foundation.
For up to date information on these, and other, planned hazard reduction activities, visit the Rural Fire Service.
