Fire information
Prepare for Fire Season
Protect your property from fire by preparing for fire season.
As fire season approaches, landowners play a critical role in reducing the risk of bushfires and protecting their property, community, and environment.
By taking proactive steps, you can minimise the threat of fires and ensure the safety of those around you.
Fire season runs from 1 November to 31 March.
By the 31 October, you’ll need to:
- Clear flammable material from your land.
- Maintain firebreaks.
- Safely store flammable materials.
- Make sure dry grass on your land is no higher than 10cm.
- Clear flammable material from roofs and gutters.
- Clear a minimum of three metres around wood piles or similar flammable material.
- Ensure there is adequate access to water for firefighting purposes and make sure hoses are long enough to reach all areas of your property.
You’ll need to maintain your property to these conditions until 31 March.
We also recommend creating a bushfire survival plan and keeping emergency contact numbers on hand.
Rangers will be conducting proactive inspections throughout the fire season to ensure properties comply with fire safety regulations.
For more information, contact Town’s Rangers at [email protected] or 08 9377 8000.
Stay up to date with fire warnings and local fire conditions on the Emergency WA website.
Limited burning periods
Restricted Period
1 November to 14 December
Prohibited Period
15 December to 31 March
Restricted Period
1 April to 30 April
Open Period
1 May to 1 November
Burning green waste
You are not permitted to burn green waste within the Town of Bassendean.
Instead of burning, you can:
- Mulch your green waste and re-use.
- Take your green waste to Red Hill Waste Facility (fees apply).
- Place green waste in your green lid bin.
Firebreaks and fuel loads
Each year, the Town of Bassendean's annual Firebreak and Fuel Load Notice is advertised in the local newspaper and Government Gazette.
The notice requires landowners to undertake works to control fires and minimise the spread of fires.
Rangers will conduct inspections to ensure owners and occupiers have undertaken the works as required.
All land is to meet the requirements for the entire notice period beginning from 1 November to 31 March the following year.
If you do not undertake the required works, you will be issued with an infringement notice and if your property remains non-compliant after this, the Town will organise to carry out the required works at your expense.
Firebreak and fuel load notice 2024/2025
Barbecues, pizza ovens, smokers and fire pits
Solid fuel barbecues, pizza ovens, smokers and fire pits can be used if:
- There is no declared Total Fire Ban, or a forecast of high, extreme, or catastrophic fire conditions.
- They are used in an that is clear for 3 metres of any combustible material.
- Dry fuel is used, such as seasoned wood, paper and charcoal that creates only minimal smoke.
- Fire and embers are fully extinguished on completion of cooking.
Gas barbecues can be used at any time on private land and must be 5 metres away from combustible materials and bush.
For safety reasons, seek prior approval before using of LPG barbecues on Town of Bassendean reserves.
They can only be used if there are no permanent Town barbecues on the reserve for public use.
Bushfire prone areas
The Town has 3 areas identified as Bush Fire Prone areas by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
Landowners within these areas should undertake additional precautions.
All land in proximity of the Ashfield Flats Reserve, Success Hill Reserve, former Pyrton Site, and the wetland area situated around Lovelock Place, Hyland and Harcourt Streets in Bassendean, is identified as a bushfire prone area.
Offences and penalties
Under the Bush Fires Act 1954, anyone who lights a fire or is responsible for managing one must take all necessary steps to follow the law and meet safety requirements. Failing to do so can result in serious consequences.