Fire management maps are essential tools that provide critical information for strategic burn planning, incident management, and field operations. They show burn boundaries, water points, escape routes, sector boundaries, vegetation types, and other details to help commanders determine local tactics and safety measures. Incident prediction maps also aid in developing strategies and public warnings.

1. Maps in Fire Management
Ian Tanner, Senior Regional Fire Management Officer, AMLR, DEWNR

2. New Fire Management Map Projection
“The Boral” properties – hard, to work with

3. Incident Management
• Strategies and tactics
• Incident prediction
• Road closures
• Operational planning, timing, location distances
• Understanding the potential impacts
• Navigation

4. Incident Field Operations
Australian and Canadian Divisional Commanders determining local
tactics and timings for the days work. China Knows Fire, British
Columbia 2014.

5. Strategic Burn Planning
Analysis of fuels and proximity of assets.

6. Prescribed Burn OPS Map
Burn boundary with the OPS Officer now adding the ignition strategy
before the briefing.

7. Burn Operations Map
• Burn boundary
• Water points
• Escape routes
• Pc wash down location
• Safety zones
• Staging area
• Sector boundaries and names
• Fall back lines
• Hose lay location
• Vegetation and low fuel areas

8. Incident Prediction
Critical for incident strategies, tactics and public warnings.