How to Plan a Burn | Thornton
Date: Saturday 25 October, 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: To be announced
This practical workshop has been designed as the next step in property fire management planning: How To Plan A Burn
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The event is intended for landholders who are interested in taking steps to use fire as a management tool on their properties, whether they have already developed a property fire management plan or not. This workshop is an interactive, outdoor walk-and-talk where we will demonstrate the concepts and build your understanding while looking at how it all fits together in the bush.
Attendees will be taken through:
- The decision-making process required to determine an appropriate burn area.
- Understanding regulations and permits.
- On-ground preparation required.
- The impacts of weather, slope and vegetation (including weeds).
- Fuel hazard assessment techniques.
- Ignition techniques.
- Essential safety protocols and landholder responsibility.
* Please note - we will be assessing the site together, but will NOT be undertaking any burning on the workshop day.
Come prepared:
Due to the terrain and field component of this workshop, a reasonable level of fitness is required. Please contact us if you have any concerns about your ability to participate.
Make sure you bring:
- Closed in shoes.
- Long pants, long sleeves.
- Reusable water bottle.
- Hat.
- Sunscreen.
- Bushwalking gaiters (if you have them).
- Rain jacket (if necessary).
- Catering and supporting materials will be provided for all participants.
This is a FREE workshop.
For more information, contact Hannah Etchells from Healthy Land & Water's Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium on
The event is being delivered by the Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, in partnership with Lockyer Valley Regional Council, through funding from the Queensland Government.