Total Fire Ban
The Tasmania Fire Service can declare a Total Fire Ban on days when the danger of fire is extremely high and when fires would be expected to develop rapidly and to be extremely difficult to control. Usually a Total Fire Ban lasts for 24 hours. Days of Total Fire Ban are advertised in daily newspapers, on television and radio and on the TFS website. On Days of Total Fire Ban, all outdoor fires are banned except electric stoves and barbecues, and gas stoves and barbecues provided they are cleared of flammable material for at least one metre. All barbeques, portable stoves, pizza ovens etc that use wood, charcoal, heat beads or other solid or liquid fuel are banned. Bush walkers are advised that the only cooking appliance that can be used on Total Fire Ban Days are LPG (Butane or Propane) cookers or stoves providing that they are clear of any flammable material for a distance of 1 metre. Work practices such as grinding, welding and cutting metal in the open are not permitted. The use of Machinery Operations Guideline may be subject to restrictions or prohibited on the declaration of a total fire ban. All fire permits are automatically suspended. Remember
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