Wamboin Rural Fire Brigade

Have you seen smoke or a fire?

Ring “000” for all emergencies or download and use the EMERGENCY PLUS app from your App Store.

Do not call the Wamboin Fire Station as it is not manned, except when training or maintenance are taking place.

Intending to carry out a pile burn or hazard reduction burn?

From 1st October until the end of the fire danger season, you need to have a fire permit.

And you also need to notify the RFS and all of your neighbours at least 24 hours before you light up.

Significant fines and other penalties can be incurred for lighting a fire without having a permit and carrying out the notifications.

To get a permit, contact the Lake George District Fire Control Centre in Queanbeyan on (02) 6128 0600, Mon-Fri during business hours. They will discuss your requirements and then ask the local brigade to send a Fire Permit Officer to visit your site to look at the intended burn and your precautions before issuing a permit.

Please note that we can only issue permits for vegitation (e.g. prunings). We cannot issue permits for building materials, old furniture, treated logs and anything else that is not vegetation.

Our Fire Permit Officers are all volunteers, so it may take a number of days to get to your site in our queue.

Once you have your permit, there are still two procedural things you must do at least 24 hours before lighting up:

• Notify all of your neighbours (front, sides and rear)

• Notify the Nsw Rural Fire Service using the online notification service at www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/notify
  You can scan and use this QR code to access the notification service:
  

  ** if you cannot use the online form, contact the Queanbeyan Fire Control Centre on (02) 6128 0600, Mon-Fri during business hours

It’s a good idea to check the RFS website and look up “Standards for Pile Burns” and "Before you light that Fire". These guides help you to prepare and advise you how to safely burn off vegetation, and what is and is not allowed to be burnt, as there are restrictions.

We have also linked a copy of the video "Handy hints for pile burning" on our Resources page.