A BUSHFIRE Fuel Reduction Forum will focus on educating residents on measures to minimise bushfire fuel.
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Members of the community are welcome to attend the forum at Pipers Brook Fire Station on Wednesday January 20 at 6pm.
Speakers from the Tasmania Fire Service's fuel reduction unit and State Fire Management Council will attend.
Landcare Tasmania acting executive officer Matthew Pitt said the session would help the community to understand how the TFS implemented fuel reduction tactics.
The forums have been held statewide.
"I wouldn't say there's been a huge build-up of fuel in the short term, but there's just been a longer-term build-up of fuel," Mr Pitt said. He said a backlog of fire fuel could prove dangerous if left unmanaged.
The TFS fuel management strategy is an initiative aimed at preventing catastrophic bushfires.
The TFS will identify "critical hotspots" that require urgent fuel management.
El Nino and dry conditions have primed land for bushfires, with an abundance of dry scrub making it easier for uncontrollable fire to tear through vegetation.
The session will is particularly pertinent for residents of the George Town region, after bushfires tore through the area on December 21.
A burn program was completed in spring 2015 and details about the autumn 2016 fuel reduction burn schedule and locations are available on the TFS website.
Due to factors including weather conditions, the schedule can change regularly. The TFS advises Tasmanians to check the map regularly to monitor planned fuel reduction.
The very dry conditions have seen the TFS enforce two total fire bans across Northern Tasmania in the first two weeks in 2016.
Back-burning aimed at reducing vegetation fire fuel is aimed to create a co-ordinated and controlled reduction measure, rather than individuals and groups lighting burns that could burn out of control.
