Fire Management Units (sometimes referred to as wards) organise smaller groupings of landowners and divide the countryside into smaller geographical areas, thus making the physical and social characteristics easier to identify and manage.
The Fire Management Unit provides a local forum through which individual members can coordinate their response to fire management, share information, realign and establish firebreaks, pool fire suppression resources, and build fire-management capacity on the ground.
To the greatest extent practicable, a Fire Management Unit (FMU) will:
Group Formation: Consist of a group of landowners in close proximity who generally share the same fire risk (spatially clustered).
Fire Management Plan: Develop a comprehensive fire management plan that includes, but is not limited to, the following elements:
Strategic intervention measures to mitigate identified wildfire risks, such as fire belts, firebreaks, resources, etc.
A first response plan for wildfires, including immediate action drills.
A protocol to initiate an extended attack, involving the up-scaling of operations.
Contact details of all Fire Protection Association (FPA) members.
Risk Assessment: Undertake regular risk assessments and amend the management plan accordingly.
First Response: Act as the first response to wildfires.
Representation: Nominate and select an FMU representative to act as a liaison between SCFPA personnel and FPA members, and to attend meetings.
Firefighting Team: Recruit, train, and equip a firefighting team.
Awareness and Training: Conduct awareness and training activities for residents as stipulated in the fire management plan.
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