Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 at 11:00:52 AM

🚫 Movement Ban and Total Fire Ban 🚫

With today’s (Tuesday, 20 February) Total Fire Ban for the Shire of Dardanup, there is also a Harvest and Movement of Vehicles in Paddocks Ban for the Wellington Mills District.

The Movement Ban is in place from 11am until 6pm today - under the Bush Fires Act 1954 Regulation 24C.

Activities prohibited during this ban period:

❌ No harvesting operations.
❌ No “hot works” (welding, grinding, cutting, heating etc) in the open air.
❌ No use or operation of any engine, vehicle, plant, equipment or machinery in the area likely to cause a bush fire or contribute to the spread of a bush fire.

Activities allowed during this ban period:

✅ Movement of vehicles on “gazetted roads” (as described in Bush Fires regulation 24A(3). 
✅ Movement of vehicles on a lane, driveway, yard or other areas 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 with a current exemption under the Bush Fires Act 1954.

This ban will be reviewed periodically by the Shire of Dardanup's Chief Bush Fire Control Officer Christopher Hynes.

ℹ️ If you have any questions regarding the Movement Ban, please contact the Shire of Dardanup’s Rangers Team at rangers@dardanup.wa.gov.au or on 08 9724 0307 (24 hours).

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