Firebreak Notice and Bush Fires Act 1954
BUSH FIRES ACT 1954
TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE
Appointment of Bush Fire Control Officers 2025 - 2026
In accordance with Section 38 of the Bush Fires Act 1954 the following officers have been appointed Bush Fire Control Officers:
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer
Nichola Clarke
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer
Matthew Lynch
Bush Fire Control Officers
Susan Stevens, David Drodskie, Robert Kirkham, Hayden Challinor, John Jamieson, Andrew Chai, Laurence Yap, Shane Nicholls, Isaac Riecken.
All previous appointments are hereby cancelled.
Enquiries in relation to this notice may be directed to the Town's Ranger Services and Community Safety Team during business hours at (08) 9347 6000 or via email at mail@cambridge.wa.gov.au
Firebreak Notice to all property owners and occupiers
Pursuant to Section 33 of the Bush Fires Act 1954, you are hereby required, on or before 1 November or within 14 days of becoming the owner or occupier after 30 September, to remove from the land owned or occupied by you, all flammable material and/or clear firebreaks in accordance with the following land areas and thereafter to maintain that land or firebreak(s) up to and including 31 March:
Where the area of the land is less than 2,000sqm
- Slash/mow all grass to a height no greater than five (5) centimetres.
Where the area of the land is greater than 2,000sqm
- Slash/mow all grass to a height no greater than five (5) centimetres
- Remove all slashed materials and/or install a firebreak of three (3) metres wide
- Clear all bush and flammable material along all external boundaries of the land.
If it is considered impracticable to clear a firebreak or to remove flammable material from the land as required by this notice, an application to the Town of Cambridge in writing may be made prior to 13 October requesting permission to provide firebreaks in alternative positions or to take other action to mitigate the fire hazard. Compliance with the Firebreak Notice remains mandatory unless written approval is received from the Town.
Burning off is strictly prohibited within the Town of Cambridge. The penalty for failing to comply with this notice is a fine of up to $5,000. If the works are not carried out by the date required in this notice, the owner of the land is liable, whether prosecuted or not, to pay all costs for performing the works directed in this notice.