These mild, low-intensity planned burns are vital for:

• Keeping the bush healthy.
• Protecting homes and lives.
• Maintaining habitat for native wildlife.
• Reducing fuel loads ahead of bushfire season.

You may see and smell smoke from planned burns that are currently underway across Queensland.

Pictured: A recent low-intensity ecological burn in grassy eucalyptus forest. This type of burning is typically low, slow and patchy, giving even the smallest animals the chance to move out of the way safely into a nearby unburnt patch.

Burns like these are carefully managed by fire-trained crews - flames are generally kept below knee height, moving gently downhill and into light breezes to stay manageable and safe.

About 40% of this block was burned in small patches, successfully reducing fine surface fuels without clearing the area completely.

While this won’t stop a major bushfire, it slows its spread and lowers its intensity, increasing the ecosystem’s resilience to unplanned fires and making it easier to manage and defend communities.

Our QFBC team has teamed up with QPWS to support local communities, build landholder capacity, and deliver on-ground fire management outcomes across Queensland.

We run bushfire education and awareness workshops across Queensland. Find one near you https://hlw.org.au/news/events/events