Sprent Volunteer Fire Brigade

21/04/2026

An update If you are travelling in or through the area today

12/04/2026

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08/04/2026

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🔥 The 2025/26 Fire Permit Period will end statewide tomorrow (Thursday, 9 April 2026).

ℹ️ From 2am tomorrow, if you’re considering burning on your property:
🤝 you don’t require a fire permit
🤝 BUT we encourage you to register your burn by calling 1800 000 699. Registering your burn will ensure your local Tasmania Fire Service brigade are aware of your plans and can respond accordingly.

📍 Remember:
➡️ Anyone conducting a burn must be capable of managing the fire and be mindful of changing weather conditions.
➡️ Make sure an adult is always attending the burn until it is fully extinguished.
➡️ Have suitable working firefighting equipment available to appropriately manage fire activity in the event that the fire begins to spread.
➡️ Never light fires in peat, humus, or marram grass.
➡️ Landowners are responsible for any damage caused by fires escaping their land.
➡️ Ensure your neighbours are aware and that your burn won’t adversely affect their health, or farming operations – particularly the wine industry, which is vulnerable to smoke.
➡️ Burning on private property is governed by local council by-laws and environmental laws about smoke emissions.

Further information is available at fire.tas.gov.au

26/03/2026

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👨‍🚒Tasmania Fire Service is warning of the potential fire safety risk to stockpiling petrol and diesel at home.

⚠️🔥Storing extra fuel at home increases the risk of fire, fumes, and creates unsafe storage conditions.

➡️ To keep yourself, your household, and your community safe, please be aware of the following advice.

📌 Store only small amounts of fuel at home and ensure quantities remain below dangerous goods threshold limits.

📌 Use approved, clearly labelled fuel containers that comply with Australian Standards for flammable and combustible liquids.

📌 Keep fuel in a cool, well ventilated area, away from direct sunlight and any potential ignition sources to minimise fire and vapour hazards.

📌 Store fuel separately from incompatible chemicals, ensuring containers are upright, secure, and protected from heat.

📌 Maintain appropriate fire safety equipment, such as a portable dry chemical fire extinguisher, and ensure anyone who may need to use it understands safe operation.

📌 Keep all flammable liquids out of reach of children.

📌 Be aware that vapours from flammable liquids can significantly increase fire risks in both home fires and bushfires.

➡️ For further safety information visit the WorkSafe Tasmania website.
https://worksafe.tas.gov.au/topics/Health-and-Safety/hazards-and-solutions-a-z/hazards-and-solutions-a-z-pages/f/fuel-storage-and-transport

➡️In an emergency, call 000 immediately.

19/03/2026

Last month, volunteers from across the Southern Region gathered at Cambridge to complete some Firefighter Level One courses.

The all-female group completed Pump Operation and Bush Firefighting training, in order to develop the skills they need to safely operate TFS pumps and work as part of a crew to attack and extinguish wildfires.

The group now has the Structure and Mobile Property Firefighting course to complete before officially qualifying as Level One Firefighters.

A big thank you to our Southern Region training instructors for preparing our new volunteer firefighters. We look forward to seeing them helping to keep their communities safe.

12/03/2026

Should you be planning a drive down the West Coast, a fuel reduction burn is planned around the Savage River region.

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🔥ℹ️ Savage River community…

Weather permitting, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service will be conducting a fuel reduction burn:
ℹ️ on Saturday, 14 March
ℹ️ at Savage River - Meredith Range Regional Reserve
ℹ️ of approximately 270 hectares
ℹ️ which will likely take 1-2 days to complete.

Further information about this burn is available by contacting Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service on 6464 3008.

This burn is part of the state-wide Fuel Reduction Program which is aimed at reducing the bushfire risk to help protect lives and communities.

📌 A map of planned fuel reduction burns is available at - www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?pageId=colWhatsBurningNow

12/03/2026

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07/03/2026

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Today we recognise the many women who serve our community across Tasmania Fire Service and thank all our people for their dedication to keeping Tasmania safe 🙌

07/03/2026

Some timely information as we come into the Autumn months and of late a lot of wind in Tassie .... and of course deciduous trees shedding their leaves.... which can make for a lot of dry materials around the house and yards.

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🌿 Have you ever wondered if your garden could be a bushfire hazard? Is the mulch you use safe? And what you could be doing to help protect your home?

🌱🌼 Gardens are beautiful, they promote wellbeing and provide habitat for native animals, but they can also increase the risk of your house catching fire when there is a bushfire.

We have a new resource designed to help you make safer, smarter choices in your outdoor spaces.

🔥 The Bushfire Ready Gardens booklet is packed with practical tips on how to design, plan and maintain a garden that helps reduce bushfire risk, through smart landscaping and affordable property maintenance.

From the plants you choose to the way your garden is arranged, every detail can make a difference.

📘 Download your copy from our website: https://bushfire.tas.gov.au/publications

Let’s make our homes and communities safer, one garden at a time🌱🔥

20/02/2026

Critical training! Not just fighting fires!
Many of the call outs are to vehicle accidents!