A bushfire prone area is an area with the potential to support a bushfire or be subject to bushfire attack.

These areas are generally close to, or made up of, vegetation that present a bushfire risk, such as forest or grasslands.

According to the NSW Rural Bushfire Service a bushfire prone area is an area within 100m of a high or medium hazard or within 30m of a low bushfire hazard.

What if my home is within a bushfire prone area?

Bushfire prone areas are regulated by development and planning controls in place to reduce the bushfire risk.

Is your house or land in a bushfire area?

You can look up Council's Bush Fire Prone Maps to see whether your house or land is in a bush fire prone area:

Map 1 (including Black Hill, Beresfield, Hexham) 571Kb pdf 
Map 2 (including north Kooragang Is) 160 kb pdf
Map 3 (including suburbs north & west of Jesmond) 774 kb pdf
Map 4 (including suburbs north & west of Waratah West) 2527 kb pdf
Map 5 (including suburbs south & west of North Lambton) 446 kb pdf
Map 6 (including suburbs south & east of North Lambton) 1552 kb pdf

For more information

Contact Council's Development and Building Services on 02 4974 2036 for further information about what measures you can take to protect your property from bushfires.

Bushfire Information and Hazard Assessment

Council's Bushcare Officer does regular hazard assessments of Council's bushland reserves and co-ordinates control burns for fuel reduction in Council's reserves in association with NSW Fire Brigade.