Cardinia Shire Council has temporarily eased burn off restrictions for residents who are allowed to burn off for fire prevention purposes.
From now until the Fire Danger Period is declared, open air burning is allowed without a permit from Monday to Saturday, provided that you live in the Cardinia Shire Council Bushfire Prone Area (BPA), the burn off is for fire prevention and fire fuel reduction purposes, the council’s burn off requirements are followed at all times, your burn off is registered with the CFA.
If your property is 20 hectares or less in size you must have no more than one open air fire at once, a fire break of three metres, a maximum pile size that is not greater than two metres in any dimension (eg. two metres long or two metres wide or two metres high).
If your property is greater than 20 hectares in size you must have no more than three open air fires at once, a fire break of six metres, a maximum pile size that is not greater than four metres in any dimension (eg. four metres long or four metres wide or four metres high).
The easing of restrictions aims to help landowners reduce fire fuel in the lead up to the Fire Danger Period.
Before you burn off, please consider using one of these methods to reduce your fuel load the kerbside green waste bin collection, hard and bundled green waste collection, composting or mulching (we offer waste reduction rebates)
taking green waste to a local tip, transfer station or waste facility
You cannot burn off on Total Fire Ban or smog alert days. To check if it’s a Total Fire Ban day, go to the CFA website. To check if it’s a smog alert day, check EPA AirWatch
For more information on burning off in Cardinia Shire, please visit cardinia.vic.gov.au/burnoff.
