Bushfire provisions and safety
Planning for Bushfire Protection
Specific construction standards apply in designated bush fire prone areas in New South Wales. These bush fire construction requirements are aimed at improving bush fire protection measures for residential buildings
To see if your property is located on bushfire prone land you can refer to NSW Planning Portal.
Applications for a new dwelling or alterations and additions to a property with an existing dwelling on bushfire prone land are to include:
- self-assessment using the NSW RFS Single Dwelling Application Kit, or
- Bush Fire Attack Level Risk Assessment Certificate, or
- report from an Accredited Bush Fire Consultant
For information relating to building in a bushfire-prone areas or to contact the Mid Murray Zone of the Rural Fire Service Deniliquin see related information below
Related information
- Planning for Bush Fire Protection
- Bushfire Practice Notices
- Fast facts
- Mid Murray Zone of the Rural Fire Service Deniliquin
- NSW Planning Portal