Prescribed burn at Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve

Date posted: 20 Oct. 2020

A prescribed burn is planned in Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve, on Wednesday 21 October 2020, weather conditions permitting.

  • The prescribed burns will commence at 12 am and are likely to be completed by 6 pm on Wednesday 21 October.
  • The area to be burnt is 7 hectares along the northern boundary of the Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve adjacent to Lamont Road approximately 500 metres southeast of Bradbury.
  • The burn aims to reduce fuel hazard in the area in order to reduce the bushfire risk to houses along Lamont Road and the township of Bradbury.
  • Lamont Rd and Bradbury Road may be impacted by smoke.
  • Some smoke and fire activity may remain visible in the area for several days but the burn site will be patrolled by National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia fire crews over this period.

The burns will be conducted by the Department for Environment and Water. The objective of prescribed burning is to reduce fuel loads to mitigate the risk of bushfire. These burns are part of a statewide program of prescribed burning planned to protect communities and assets at risk.

Prescribed burns will only be carried out when it is deemed safe to do so and may be cancelled at short notice.

For the most up-to-date information on prescribed burns follow @SAENVIRWATER on Twitter.

A list of planned prescribed burns is available on the DEW website.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.