Planned Burns and Fuel Treatments on Victorian Public Land, 2020-2023

Victoria, Australia's planned prescribed burns and mechanical fuel treatments on public land for the 2020/21 to 2022/23 period. The dataset, prepared annually by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, includes works by the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and VicForests. It was last updated in October 2020.

Use Cases

• Model wildfire risk reduction based on planned fuel treatment locations.
• Analyze spatial distribution of fire management activities based on public land boundaries.
• Plan future prescribed burn programs based on historical treatment data.
• Assess the integration of mechanical and vegetation works with burning programs.

Strengths

• Data is prepared annually for a three-year planning horizon.
• Includes multiple fuel treatment types: prescribed burns and mechanical/vegetation works.
• Covers multiple agencies: public land, CFA, and VicForests.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-04-09 06:31:41.467901; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Prepared annually for planned prescribed burns and associated works.

Time Range

Planned for the 2020/21 to 2022/23 period.

Freshness

Dataset description last updated October 2020; platform metadata updated April 2026.

Geography

Public Land in Victoria, Australia, and some CFA burns.