Western Australia Bush Fire Prone Areas Designated 2025

2025 designations by the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner identify bush fire prone areas and 100-meter buffer zones in Western Australia. This dataset supersedes the 2024 versions and is provided by the Office of Bushfire Risk Management.

Use Cases

• Map designated bush fire prone vegetation areas and their 100-meter buffer zones for land-use planning.
• Analyze spatial changes in bush fire prone area designations between the 2025 and superseded 2024 datasets.
• Integrate bush fire prone area polygons into risk assessment models for property and infrastructure.

Strengths

• Officially designated by the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner on 13 December 2025.
• Supersedes previous 2024 datasets, providing the current authoritative designation.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and Geopackage.

Limitations

• Dataset size and record count are unknown, limiting assessment of computational requirements.
• Spatial coverage is limited to Western Australia, not applicable to other regions.
• No attribute columns or sample data are provided to assess feature detail.

Provenance

Source

Office of Bushfire Risk Management, Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Western Australia.

Collection Method

Designated by the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner, based on the presence and proximity of bush fire prone vegetation.

Time Range

Designated as of 13 December 2025.

Freshness

Data reflects 2025 designations and was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia.