Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop wildfire prevention strategies
- Potential wildfire hazards to the environment are rated according to fuel loads, climate, location, accessibility, ecology and organisational priorities.
- Risks to buildings, structures and cultural sites from wildfires are rated in accordance to adjacent fuel loads, climate, location, accessibility and organisational priorities.
- Wildfire hazard reduction strategies take into account the local fire history, fuel loads, climate, location, accessibility, geophysical systems, ecology, organisational procedures and priorities, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), local fire agencies and legislative requirements.
- Proposed wildfire hazard reduction strategy has local community support where appropriate.
- Strategies for wildfire hazard reduction proposed are in accordance with organisational priorities, local fire agencies and legislative requirements.
- Strategies comply with OHS, relevant regulatory requirements and enterprise guidelines.
- Implement and monitor wildfire hazard reduction
- Hazard reduction strategies implemented are appropriate to the enterprise's objectives, the nature of the site, location, resources and environmental conditions.
- Hazard reduction is undertaken in accordance with organisational plans and procedures, OHS, local fire agencies, and legislative requirements.
- Hazard reduction activities are coordinated with other relevant agencies.
- Progress of hazard reduction activities is monitored.
- Hazard reduction plans, strategies and operational procedures are reviewed and recommendations for change are processed in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Process records
- Suggested and/or required changes to plans and strategies are reported in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Records document quantities and type of chemicals/biological agents used and where they were applied.
- Records document hazard reduction actions taken and where.
- Incident reports are processed in accordance with organisational procedures.