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Fires restricted

By MP News GroupJanuary 10, 2022Updated:January 11, 2022No Comments1 Min Read
LIEUTENANT Mark Hobblethwite and other firefighters from Mornington CFA helped on Sunday with a permitted burn at a Roberts Road, Mornington horse training property. Picture: Gary Sissons
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STRICT fire restrictions came into force across the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston on Monday (10 January), with high fuel loads, recent rainfall and warm conditions causing a concern for firefighters.

The CFA declares the fire danger period for each municipality depending on the amount of rain, grassland curing rate and other local conditions.

Western Port CFA Group Captain David Breadmore said it was important for residents as well as visitors to keep abreast of CFA fire ratings.

He said visitors to the peninsula often inadvertently breached fire restrictions by lighting incinerators or burning off because they were not aware of different restrictions for different municipalities.

“People can also become complacent because we have had so much rain, but there really is very little ground moisture at the moment and fires are escaping from burn-offs,” Captain Breadmore said.

Over the past few weeks peninsula brigades have responded to many grass fires and out-of-control burn-offs, prompting comments on several social media sites about the fire danger period being brought in too late.

Mornington Peninsula Shire restricts any burning off in residential properties less than 1500 square metres.

Details: cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/fire-danger-period-restrictions

Firsts published in the Mornington News – 11 January 2022

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