Burning off permits

Step 1.Plan your burn

You need the below information before you apply for a burning off permit:

• applicant's name
• applicant's address
• contact number
• reason for the burn
• number of on-site assistants
• type of water supply
• location of the burn
• dates and types of fuel
• approximate volume of the burn
• Payment of the nominated permit fee

Step 2.Apply for a permit

• Each permit issued has a life of no longer than 28 days
• Permit must be retained only by an adult person in charge of the burn

Apply for a Permit to Burn

Step 3.Before you start your burn

• Register your burn with Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) at least 2 hours prior to the burn.
• Let your neighbours know that you plan to burn off 24 hours before you start.
• Permit does not allow burning to occur on a day of “Total Fire Ban” and a “Smog Alert Day”, and does not allow for any fire to remain alight should the temperature exceed 26 degrees centigrade and the wind speed exceeds 15 KPH
• Ensure that you have a adequate pressured water supply and hoses must be readily at hand.
• Permit allows fire to be operated only between the hours of 7am to 6pm the same day, whereby it must be totally extinguished before the site is left.
• Permit allows only the nominated fuel to be used.

Step 4.After you start your burn

• Fire must never be left unattended.
• Ensure that the fire size is less than nine cubic metres.
• The fire must have a five metre clearance of all flammable materials, and must not be situated any nearer than five metres to any building, and only one fire per property at any one time.
• All efforts must be made to eliminate excessive smoke, so others are not harmed in any way.