Page 5392 - Week 14 - Thursday, 19 November 2009
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(3) All strategic fuel management grazing is commenced in the period from late spring/early summer depending on seasonal conditions and local grass growth.
(4) The 2008/09 BOP provides details of chemical treatments. Chemical treatment aims to eliminate regrowth of shrubs and trees in targeted areas, predominantly grasses remain. Four of the five identified activities were completed.
(5) The 2008/09 BOP provides details of prescribed burns. Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) achieved the target of a mosaic burn across the 750 hectares by ensuring approximately 30% of the treated area remained unburnt.
(6) The 700 hectares (detailed in the Answer to Question on Notice No. 262 from Mrs Vicki Dunne MLA on 16 September 2009) refers to the hazard reduction burns that were identified in the 2008/09 BOP, indicated as “identified burns” for that year. The information provided on 8 September 2009 in answers to your earlier questions was the actual area completed at the time of the question, which was a total of 373 hectares.
(7) See the 2008/09 BOP. Physical removal involves the elimination or reduction of fuels by hand or by using machinery. A total of 22 activities were completed out of the planned 23 activities. The one area not completed was deemed not necessary and rolled over into the 2009/10 BOP.
(8) Vegetation removed during the physical removal process is either left on site, chipped or relocated outside the fire zone.
(9) Funding for Fire management is provided at the overall Programme level. All subsequent break-up into operational components including those that you have mentioned above is the role of the TAMS Fire management Unit. Fuel management, referred to above, has only been separated out and reported against since 2007 after the three land management agencies were amalgamated into Parks, Conservation and Lands. Prior to that date it is not possible to separate out the money expended on specific operations.
|
Year |
Total Budget allocated |
|
2002-03 |
$1,070,000 |
|
2003-04 |
$4,994,000 |
|
2004-05 |
$3,730,000 |
|
2005-06 |
$3,587,000 |
|
2006-07 |
$5,332,000 |
|
2007-08 |
$5,505,000 |
|
2008-09 |
$5,049,000 |
|
2009-10 |
$4,834,000 |
Total budget allocated includes fire insurance, appropriation, initiative and capital works.
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