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Originally Posted by PCH
as a matter of interest, what are those burn offs for, I mean what are they supposed toachieve? I'd be interested to hear...
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Paul,
The theory is that by doing spot burns they leave the wildlife somewhere it can escape the fire. Next year they will burn areas between the spots they did this year. At the same time they reduce the chances of runaway wildfires by reducing the fuel load.
The RFS and NPWS have been doing control burns around Sydney over the last few weeks. They want to get this done before October because the temperatures are lower and the humidity higher which makes them more controllable.