Tasmania Fire Service firefighters will be unable to battle remote area fires until at least December, but the state government believes Parks and Wildlife has the capacity to handle emergencies if they occur in November.
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A suspension on TFS remote area teams over Work Health and Safety concerns was lifted last week, but the United Firefighters Union claims it would take more than a month before a team of about 80 could complete the required training.
UFU Tasmania senior industrial officer Leigh Hills said the ban should have been lifted earlier to ensure remote area teams were ready, should major fire activity in wilderness areas start in November.
"Personnel still need to undertake training, and policy and procedures are still being set in place," he said.
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"TFS won't be able to deploy any of its remote area personnel over the next four to five weeks until they've completed that training.
"At the moment, Parks and Wildlife and Sustainable Timbers can fight these fires with assistance from interstate if needed, but given the fire season has started early on the mainland, there are states that would be unable to provide that support."
Tasmania has experienced dangerous fire conditions in the past 48 hours, resulting in dozens of call outs, as higher than usual temperatures combine with strong winds.
Fire and Emergency Management Minister Mark Shelton said he was confident that Tasmania had the resources to handle any major fires.
"The TFS is out there saying that they are ready and capable of handling the bushfire season," he said.
"Typically TFS only handled a very small percentage of fires away from the urban firefighting - they are set up and trained for the urban firefighting season. We have a great cohort of firefighters within Parks and Wildlife that handle those fires if there are any starting early on in the season."
Tasmania has two fixed wing and five helicopters on-call, and can access a pool of 150 aircraft nationwide, with allocation dependent on demand.
Fire activity continues into Friday
The TFS has responded to dozens of fires in the past 48 hours, including an uncontrolled bushfire near Interlaken and Lake Crescent in the Central Highlands as dangerous fire weather was expected to continue until the weekend.
The area experienced further "elevated fire activity" on Friday morning, and a watch and act warning remains in place.
A total fire ban is in place in southern regions and the Central Highlands.
TFS acting deputy chief officer Shane Batt said the Central Highlands fire was in challenging conditions.
"This fire is burning uncontrollably, and intelligence is being gathered this morning to assess how much it has spread overnight," he said.
The TFS is also monitoring uncontrolled fires at Glenfern south of New Norfolk, and further north at Elderslie.
"Containment lines around the Glenfern Road fire are being strengthened, and the fire at Bluff Road, Elderslie is burning freely in inaccessible country," Mr Batt said.
"Both of these fires remain at 'Advice' level and are being controlled under the current weather conditions this morning but have the potential to rapidly change during the day as winds increase."