Harvest and Vehicle Movement Ban

Published on Friday, 10 April 2020 at 6:57:58 PM

BUSH FIRES ACT 1954
Regulation 24C - (Total Fire Ban)

Use of engines, vehicles, plant or machinery likely to cause a bush fire.
(Commonly referred to as Harvest and Movement of Vehicles in paddocks bans)

I, Aaron Kain, an authorised Chief Bush Fire Control Officer of the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale hereby declare a ban on the use or operation of engines, vehicles, plant or machinery from 11 :00am (11 00hrs) until 5:00pm (1700hrs) on Saturday 11 April 2020, inclusive, for the whole of the district of the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale.

ACTIVITIES NOT PERMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS BAN:

•  Any "hot works" (e.g. welding, grinding, cutting, heating, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, combustible engines etc) in the "open air" are not permitted, (Note - these activities are not permitted during the term of any Total Fire Ban).
•  Other- Use or operation of any engine, vehicle, plant, equipment or machinery in the area likely to cause a bush tire or contribute to the spread of a bush fire,
Harvesting operations are not permitted.

ACTIVITIES PERMITTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS BAN:

• Movement of Vehicles on "gazetted roads" (as described in Bush Fires regulation 24A(1) and Road Traffic Act 1974 section 5.1)).
• Movement of vehicles on a lane, driveway, yard or other area that provides access to, or a parking facility at, any residential, farming or business premises, if the area has been sufficiently cleared of inflammable material to prevent the escape of fire.
• Use or operation of a vehicle if it is for the prevention of an immediate and serious risk to the health or safety of a person or livestock, and only if all reasonable precautions have been taken to prevent the activity from creating a bush fire danger.
• Use or operations of vehicles and undertaking of "hot works" by those persons holding a current Exemption under Bush Fires Act 1954 s. 22C (Exemption from Total Fire Bans)

Aaron Kain
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer