Fire Abatements

Published on 14 November 2025

With all this late spring rain and the grass looking luscious and green, you might be wondering why we are already talking about Fire Risk Abatement.

With a little over 60 days left till the end of the year and warmer days already starting to grace us, now is the time to start thinking about protecting you and your neighbours’ properties by removing any accumulated rubbish, tidy up the yard and remove flammable materials such as tyres and keep grasses, brambles, scrub and undergrowth to no more than 10cm in height.

Rules of Thumb for Fire Abatement

Residential areas or lots less than 2000m2 must have a 3–5m break along the boundary with grasses no more than 10cm in height. Trees can stay but should be clear of branches and debris up to 2m off the ground to avoid a fire spreading into the tree canopy.

Lots greater than 2000m2 require a fire break no less than 10m wide around the property boundaries. Tress are to remain but should be clear of branches and debris up to 2m off the ground to avoid a fire spreading into the tree canopy.

The Tasmanian Fire service have range of resources and online tools to assist with fire prevention and planning along with a fuel break calculator available on the Tasmanian Fire Service website