KIJA RANGERS 2023 FIRE REVIEW

Ground Burning

Aerial Burning

WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION

2023 and ongoing Challenges

• Lots of Arson, especially along the great Northern Highway.

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• Too many communities with too much grass no Firebreaks/Graded ring roads

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• Hard to break the Late season fire cycle in some areas

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• AFDRS system prevented us burning 1 year old grass at the right time

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Future Solutions

• More community engagement & more strategic early burning on highway. Burning later into the dry season

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• Wet season grass management, engaging communities more to help organise breaks

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• Taking more risks burning later into the dry season. Opportunistic wet season burning and roadside

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• We have a way of applying for an additional permit to burn during high fire danger days

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