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PUAFIR412
Conduct simple prescribed burns
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit applies to personnel responsible for preparing, conducting, and evaluating a simple prescribed burn on public and private land.
This unit covers the competency required to prepare, conduct and evaluate simple prescribed burns in accordance with approved burn plans.
A prescribed burn is the controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at the time, intensity and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives.
A simple prescribed burn is characterised by low risk, low intensity, small area, low potential impact on assets, completion in one shift and minimal variation of fuel and terrain.
A prescribed burn plan is an approved plan for the conduct of prescribed burning, includes a map identifying the area to be burned and incorporates the specifications and conditions under which the operation is to be conducted.
Compliance with legislative requirements will be required.
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