Guidance
Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40
This document ensures a consistent approach to planning and assessing proposals for deforestation, and the wildfire risk resulting from those proposals.
Applies to England
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Contents
- Purpose
- Background
- Context – Policy and regulation
- Planning for wildfire
- Preparing a Wildfire Management Plan (WMP)
- FC review of wildfire planning
- Contacting Fire and Rescue authorities
- Sources of further advice
- Wildfire management plan – minimum requirements
- Wildfire risk assessment template
- Wildfire risk and hazard checklist
- Example wildfire risk assessment
- Stakeholders for wildfire planning
- Template letter to Fire and Rescue Service
Published 20 September 2018
Last updated 13 March 2019 + show all updates
Last updated 13 March 2019 + show all updates
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The below sections of this operations note have been updated: - 'Fire and Rescue Service Act (2004)' on page 2 - 'Fire and Rescue Authority' on page 7 - 'Template letter to Fire and Rescue Service' on page 28
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'Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40' has been updated.
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First published.