昆士兰州南方松树种植园的计划用火概述

An outline of prescribed fire in Southern Pine plantations inQueenslandSession # 3 Wednesday 26 June 2024Tom Clapson•HQP is Queensland’s predominant plantation grower•Manage 300,000ha of land, of which about 200,000ha is plantation – 40,000ha of native Araucaria and 160,000ha of Southern Pine•Managed under a Plantation Licence with the State•Primary fire management responsibility is with HQP•Registered Plantation Rural Fire Brigade•300 trained fire fighters, 60% of which are contractors•HQP obtains an annual fire permit with conditions.•Prescribed burning occurs both native forest buffers and southern pine plantations, but not Araucaria plantations.•Autumn – winter program •Aim to burn between 5 to 10% of the flammable estate annuallyIntroduction to HQPlantationsFire Management PrinciplesHQP Fire Management Policy and Corporate Fire Standard 1.1:Principle 1 – The health and safetyof our people is our highest priorityPrinciple 2 – Protect our assetsthrough sound risk and commercial ma