Planned Burns in Brisbane City Council Area, 2021 Permit Extents

Brisbane City Council aims to reduce fire fuel by 75% across 60 to 80% of land subjected to planned burns. This dataset shows the approximate geographic extent of proposed planned burns with permits granted in the council area for 2021. The data is provided by Brisbane City Council under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling wildfire risk reduction based on planned fuel load reduction targets.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of fire management interventions based on permit extents.
• Studying habitat refugia for wildlife based on descriptions of unburnt forest sections.

Strengths

• Specific fuel reduction target of 75% is stated.
• Clear geographic scope defined as the Brisbane City Council area.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last update metadata shows a future date (2026-06-28).

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council ([email protected])

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:18:23.614849; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane City Council area, Queensland, Australia