Joint Fuel Management Program: Planned Burns and Treatments in Victoria, 2021-2024

Planned burns and non-burn fuel treatments for three years on public land in Victoria, Australia. This dataset, prepared annually by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, includes prescribed burns planned for ignition and associated mechanical and vegetation works. It covers the period from 2021/22 to 2023/24 and integrates burns from both state agencies and the Country Fire Authority (CFA).

Use Cases

• Modeling wildfire risk based on planned fuel reduction activities.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of prescribed burns and mechanical treatments on public land.
• Planning fire management strategies based on the three-year treatment schedule.
• Integrating fuel management data with other geospatial layers for environmental impact assessment.

Strengths

• Includes a three-year forward-looking plan for fuel management activities.
• Integrates data from multiple agencies, including VicForest and the Country Fire Authority.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, GDB, SHP, MIF, DXF, TAB).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Prepared annually for prescribed burns planned for the immediate three-year period.

Time Range

2021/22 - 2023/24

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 06:41:50.799893; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Public Land in Victoria, Australia