Resources – Fire Risk

Warburton is a high fire risk area. The two mountains being used for mountain bike trails are the most fire prone in the area.

Bushfire Management Statement & Plan (draft) for the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, Practical Ecology, September 2019
CFA Know Your Risk Yarra Valley video
Eastern-Metro-Regional-Strategic-Fire-Management-Plan 2014
Major-Bushfires-in-Yarra-Ranges-Oct-2016 – This document has all the major bush fires in the Yarra Ranges and Dandenongs up to Oct 2016
Parks Victoria Fact Sheet on Closure of Parks on Code Red Days – The Warburton Mountain Bike Destination documentation says it will close on high fire risk days, however, a look at how these closures are made shows the inadequacy of this as a preventative. A message on their website and a few gates closed.
 Vic Emergency Video
Bushfire Management Statement & Plan (draft) for the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, Practical Ecology, September 2019
CFA Know Your Risk Yarra Valley video
Eastern-Metro-Regional-Strategic-Fire-Management-Plan 2014
Major-Bushfires-in-Yarra-Ranges-Oct-2016 – This document has all the major bush fires in the Yarra Ranges and Dandenongs up to Oct 2016
Parks Victoria Fact Sheet on Closure of Parks on Code Red Days – The Warburton Mountain Bike Destination documentation says it will close on high fire risk days, however, a look at how these closures are made shows the inadequacy of this as a preventative. A message on their website and a few gates closed.
 Vic Emergency Video
Eastern Golf Course Clubhouse destroyed by a lithium battery fire Lithium batteries burst into flame when overcharged or damaged. An e-bike accident on our highly flammable mountains could cause a major bushfire
Lithium battery fire
Roadside Vegetation Management for_Bushfire Risk
YWG-Community-Investigation-Final-Report-Bushfire-risks of Revegetating Haining’s Farm, Don Valley
Scenic Warburton Fire Risk among Highest in Victoria – ABC.net
Roadside Vegetation Management for_Bushfire Risk
YWG-Community-Investigation-Final-Report-Bushfire-risks of Revegetating Haining’s Farm, Don Valley

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