SBMP BOP Fuel Management: ACT Bushfire Operations Plan

ACT Parks & Conservation Service manages bushfire fuel across roughly 187,000 hectares in the ACT and Googong Foreshore, NSW. The dataset describes the yearly Bushfire Operations Plan (BOP), detailing proposed fuel-reduction, access, and infrastructure activities for the current financial year. It is derived from 5-year Regional Fire Management Plans and published by the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue.

Use Cases

• Map planned fuel-reduction activities based on the yearly Bushfire Operations Plan.
• Analyze spatial distribution of bushfire risk mitigation based on location data.
• Model fire behavior and severity reduction based on fuel management types.
• Coordinate firefighter safety and suppression strategies based on planned infrastructure activities.

Strengths

• Covers a specific geographic area of roughly 187,000 hectares.
• Links to authoritative source plans like the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan.
• Provides multiple file formats including CSV, GPKG, and GeoJSON for accessibility.

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 date is in the future (2026-04-04).

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Derived from 5-year Regional Fire Management Plans.

Time Range

Current financial year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:58:22.897455.

Geography

ACT and Googong Foreshore, NSW.