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A helicopter was brought in to assist firefighters on the ground at the Mp Creek fire on Wednesday (Photo: Glencoe RFB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 26, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Landholders in the South and North Burnett have been reminded their fire permits have conditions which have to be met before they light up.<\/p>\n

For example, they must always have appropriate resources in place in case a fire starts to spread.<\/p>\n

And they should not start a hazard reduction burn if the conditions are windy.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Peter Harkin, from the Queensland Fire Department’s Wide Bay-Burnett District, said there had been a series of fires around the South and North Burnett areas over the past few days which had been caused by “escaped” permit burns.<\/p>\n

In his role as Chief Fire Warden, he had contacted local Fire Wardens – the people empowered to issue (or not issue) fire permits – on Thursday to discuss this.<\/p>\n

Supt Harkin said there were standard conditions on all fire permits but Fire Wardens could add other conditions.<\/p>\n

Temporary conditions which have now been added in the South and North Burnett regions include four metre wide “bare earth” firebreaks, and not lighting fires until 4:00pm in the afternoon ie. the cooler part of the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supt Harkin said landholders must also alert their local Rural Fire Brigade by phone that a controlled burn is happening – and QFD’s Fire Communications team (Firecom) – so that if something does goes wrong, firefighters can respond more quickly.<\/p>\n

“We’re not suspending fire permits, we’re not cancelling fire permits,” Supt Harkin said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We’re just tightening things up a little bit.”<\/p>\n

Supt Harkin emphasised he was not criticising Fire Wardens for the recent fires.<\/p>\n

“It’s more around some landowners who are lighting fires but not having the appropriate measures in place,” he said.<\/p>\n

Supt Harkin said a number of fires were still burning in the South Burnett and he was concerned about conditions over the weekend and into next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was timely to remind people that we were moving into a bushfire risk period.<\/p>\n

“We all need to be very diligent about how we deal with fire generally,” he said.<\/p>\n

“People should check their properties to make sure they are bushfire-ready.”<\/p>\n

NB. By law, a Fire Permit must be issued for any fire larger than 2m x 2m.\u00a0 More information about Fire Permits<\/a> and tips about how to prepare your property<\/a> for bushfires can be found on the Rural Fire Services’ website.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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