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Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien with Cherbourg Shire Councillors (Photo: Wide Bay Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>April 7, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg will be better able to prepare for this year’s bushfire season, thanks to an $89,450 grant.<\/p>\n

The funding has come from the Preparing Australian Communities Program (PACP), and was announced on Thursday by Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien.<\/p>\n

The Cherbourg Fire Mitigation Project 2022 was one of 158 projects across the country that shared in the first round of PACP funding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This funding is designed to prepare the Cherbourg community against the risk of bushfire through a range of risk-reduction projects,” Mr O’Brien said.<\/p>\n

This would include creating firebreaks, holding prescribed burns, tree lopping, removing fuel loads and delivering a community education awareness campaign about bushfire hazards and the need for disaster preparedness.<\/p>\n

Cherbourg Council CEO Chatur Zala said the council would work closely with the local fire services to assist in back-burning and clearing major roads to ensure road access during a fire, particularly for fire trucks and emergency vehicles. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“It’s been a very wet season which has left us with a high fuel load around access roads into remote locations, as well as in the Wondai State Forest behind us,” Mr Zala said.<\/p>\n

“So it is essential … we remove undergrowth, create fire breaks into remote locations, and undertake prescribed burns to create a fire break around the community.”<\/p>\n

Senator Bridget McKenzie said the Federal Government wanted communities to be as protected from the threat of natural disasters as much as possible.<\/p>\n

“We know that we can’t disaster-proof the entire nation,” she said. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“However, by delivering this program, our government is increasing disaster preparedness and resilience and reducing the costs in both time and money of recovery following future disasters.<\/p>\n

“By reducing disaster risk, it’s also anticipated that this investment will encourage reductions in insurance premiums.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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