Prescribed burns for 2025

Council has endorsed the use of prescribed burning as part of the 2025 bushfire mitigation treatment work.

This means planned hazard reduction burns are due to take place in several locations throughout the Shire of Ravensthorpe in 2025.

This page will be updated with specific details of prescribed burns when they are confirmed.

Confirmed burns:

Where: Ravensthorpe, various road reserves (windrows)

When: Any time from Thursday 25 September - mid October 2025.

Where: Ravensthorpe golf reserve (windrows)

When: Any time from Thursday 25 September - mid October 2025.

All burns are subject to favourable weather conditions and will be carried out by the Shire of Ravensthorpe in conjunction with volunteer brigades.

Please be mindful of emergency service personnel and vehicles when in the region. Signage will be in place. 

 

Pictured: Example of mechanical bushfire mitigation work in Ravensthorpe.

The Shire of Ravensthorpe uses a number of methods to mitigate the risk of bushfire in the region.

Mitigation activities include chemical and mechanical (example pictured above) treatments, as well as prescribed burns to minimise the potential risk of fires.

All mitigation treatments for 2025 as proposed and funded under the Mitigation Activity Fund Grants Program were endorsed by Council and can be found here.