Planned Burns in Brisbane City Council Area, 2015

2015 data on the approximate geographic extent of proposed planned burns with granted permits in the Brisbane City Council area. The dataset is provided by the Brisbane City Council via its open data platform and is intended to support forest health management and wildfire mitigation. Planned burning aims to reduce fire fuel by 75% over 60 to 80% of the treated land, leaving some areas untouched as wildlife refuges.

Use Cases

• Mapping fire hazard reduction zones based on the described geographic extent of planned burns.
• Analyzing forest management strategies based on the described goal of reducing fire fuel by 75%.
• Studying the spatial distribution of wildlife refuges based on the policy of leaving some forest areas unburned.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for flexible reuse.
• The description includes specific management targets, such as reducing fire fuel by 75% over 60-80% of the treated land.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Brisbane City Council area.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council ([email protected])

Collection Method

Likely compiled from council permits and operational planning records.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:31:43.305430; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane City Council area, Queensland, Australia