Joint Fuel Management Program: Planned Burns and Treatments in Victoria, 2024-2027

Spatial data outlines planned prescribed burns and mechanical vegetation works on public land in Victoria, Australia, for a three-year period. The dataset is prepared annually by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated in October 2024. It includes burns conducted by the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and forestry coupe burns.

Use Cases

• Mapping planned fuel reduction activities based on the spatial extent data.
• Analyzing the distribution of non-burn fuel treatments (NBFT) mentioned in the description.
• Integrating planned burn data with other geospatial layers for fire risk modeling.
• Monitoring the implementation of the Joint Fuel Management Program (JFMP) over the three-year planning cycle.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually for a rolling three-year planning period.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF) for compatibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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

Planned activities for the 2024/26 to 2026/27 period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:04:03.617176; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Public Land in Victoria, Australia.