Guidance

Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40

This document ensures a consistent approach to planning and assessing proposals for deforestation, and the wildfire risk resulting from those proposals.

Applies to England

Documents

Wildfire management plan template

Appendix B: Wildfire risk assessment template

Appendix C: Wildfire risk and hazard checklist

Appendix D: Example wildfire risk assessment

Details

Contents

  • Purpose
  • Background
  • Context – Policy and regulation
  • Planning for wildfire
  • Preparing a Wildfire Management Plan (WMP)
  • FC review of wildfire planning
  • Contacting Fire and Rescue authorities
  • Sources of further advice
  • Wildfire management plan – minimum requirements
  • Wildfire risk assessment template
  • Wildfire risk and hazard checklist
  • Example wildfire risk assessment
  • Stakeholders for wildfire planning
  • Template letter to Fire and Rescue Service

Updates to this page

Published 20 September 2018
Last updated 13 March 2019 show all updates
  1. The below sections of this operations note have been updated: - 'Fire and Rescue Service Act (2004)' on page 2 - 'Fire and Rescue Authority' on page 7 - 'Template letter to Fire and Rescue Service' on page 28

  2. 'Assessment of potential wildfire risk resulting from planned deforestation to open habitat: operations note 40' has been updated.

  3. First published.

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