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.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Published: 20 September 2018
• Last updated: 13 March 2019
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  1. 13 March 2019

     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

  2. 19 November 2018

     'Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40' has been updated.

  3. 20 September 2018

     First published.

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• Publication for Scotland
• Publication for Wales

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Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40

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Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40

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Wildfire management plan template

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Appendix A: Wildfire management plan – minimum requirements

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Appendix B: Wildfire risk assessment template

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Appendix C: Wildfire risk and hazard checklist

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Appendix D: Example wildfire risk assessment

ODT, 20 KB

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Appendix E: Stakeholders for wildfire planning

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Appendix F: Template letter to Fire and Rescue Service

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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