Joint Fuel Management Program: Planned Burns and Treatments in Victoria, 2022-2025

The Joint Fuel Management Program dataset outlines planned prescribed burns and non-burn fuel treatments on public land in Victoria for a three-year period. It is prepared annually by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and includes burns from VicForest and the Country Fire Authority. The dataset was last updated in November 2022.

Use Cases

• Plan and coordinate prescribed burning activities based on the spatial extent of planned burns.
• Analyze fuel management strategies based on the inclusion of both burn and non-burn treatment data.
• Model wildfire risk reduction based on the location and timing of planned fuel treatments.
• Monitor land management activities on public land based on the annual planning cycle.

Strengths

• Covers a three-year planning period for strategic assessment.
• Includes both prescribed burns and mechanical/vegetation works for a broader view of fuel management.
• Integrates data from multiple sources, including VicForest and the Country Fire Authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core data description was last updated in November 2022, though metadata was refreshed in 2026.

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

2022/23 to 2024/25

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 21:08:34.996028; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia