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Wellington Shire Council urging residents to prepare properties for coming fire season
Properties must be prepared before the annual inspections take place and maintained for the entire Fire Danger Period.
Wellington Shire Council is urging property owners to start preparing for the upcoming summer bushfire season, with No Fee Green Waste disposal at landfills and transfer stations during the month of November. Inspections of about 17,000 private properties across the Shire will begin from 3 November, aimed at ensuring compliance with bushfire hazard reduction rules ahead of the 2021/22 Fire Danger Period.
When fires do occur, they present a major threat to life and property, it's important to prepare and practice your own home emergency plans, have a home fire safety kit and to know where you will get reliable information during a fire
Assisting residents for property clean-up
Council will issue the owner of any property identified as posing a potential fire risk to life or property with a Fire Prevention Notice, with instructions to clean up. Penalties of $1,817 can apply for failure to comply with these notices. To assist residents with property clean-up, Council is offering No Fee Green Waste disposal at facilities during November in:
- Kilmany
- Maffra
- Loch Sport
- Seaspray
- Heyfield
- Stratford
- Yarram
Wellington Shire Council Mayor Garry Stephens urged residents to start preparing their properties and take advantage of the service.
Bushfire preparedness
Cr Stephens said, "While we traditionally offered this service with extended hours at our facilities over Melbourne Cup weekend, we introduced No Fee Green Waste for the month of November a couple of years ago to give people extra opportunities to prepare for the bushfire season. It would be great to see people again make the most of this opportunity to clean up and ensure their properties are bushfire-ready."
Residents should reduce fire hazards by slashing grass, bracken or weeds, especially around buildings and fences. Undergrowth, fallen branches, garden refuse and tree cuttings should be removed, while tree branches and shrubs should also be pruned.
More information about fee-free waste disposal
No Fee Green Waste will not apply to commercial operators, truck loads or loads bigger than a caged tandem trailer. Tree stumps and logs bigger than 30 centimetres in diameter cannot be accepted. For more information about fire preparedness visit community fire management plan, and to learn more about fee-free waste disposal, visit green waste disposal.
Pictures from Wellington Shire Council website.
Source: www.gippsland.com
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