SBMP BAZ: Strategic Bushfire Abatement Zone for Canberra

A Bushfire Abatement Zone (BAZ) geospatial dataset developed under the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan. The BAZ surrounds Canberra and extends west towards the Murrumbidgee River, identifying rural areas where specific measures are required to reduce bushfire risk to life and property. The dataset is provided by the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi) and was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Modeling bushfire risk to Canberra's built-up area based on the declared BAZ boundary.
• Informing land-use planning and constraints for public and private land managers within the zone.
• Supporting pre-incident planning for bushfires based on the identified high-risk rural areas.

Strengths

• Geographic scope is clearly defined as surrounding Canberra and extending west to the Murrumbidgee River.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, KML, and an ArcGIS REST API.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-06-27 15:19:33.014301.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Declared by the Commissioner under the Emergencies Act as part of the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:19:33.014301; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Surrounds Canberra, Australia, and extends west towards the Murrumbidgee River.