Planned Burns for Hazard Reduction in Brisbane, 2024

2024 data on the approximate geographic extent of proposed planned burns in the Brisbane City Council area. The dataset is published by Brisbane City Council on its open data platform and is intended to reduce fire fuel by 75% over 60 to 80% of the targeted land. It was last updated on 2026-06-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling wildfire risk based on planned fuel reduction areas mentioned in the description.
• Planning community safety and smoke management based on the geographic extent of proposed burns.
• Studying forest management strategies based on the described goal of leaving some areas untouched as wildlife refuges.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of environmental intervention based on the council's land management data.

Strengths

• Specific management goal: aims to reduce fire fuel by 75% over 60 to 80% of the land being burned.
• Clear geographic scope: data covers the Brisbane City Council area.
• Explicit temporal context: focuses on planned burns for the year 2024.

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 as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-06-28).

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council ([email protected])

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:10:46.408684

Geography

Brisbane City Council area, Queensland, Australia