Bushfire Management Area Plans
Bushfire management planning in South Australia
The State Bushfire Coordination Committee is responsible for overseeing bushfire management planning in South Australia. The SBCC has divided the State into nine Bushfire Management Areas (BMAs). There is a Bushfire Management Committee (BMC), for each Area. Each BMC has prepared a Bushfire Management Area Plan (BMAP) for its area.
Bushfire Management Area Plans
Due to instability in the existing software supporting the Bushfire Management Area Plans (BMAPs), the BMAPs will not be updated until the system underpinning them is replaced. Further detail can be found in BMAP Uplift Project.
In the interim, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of risk reporting while the development of the next generation of BMAPs is underway, Bushfire Management Committees have developed risk reduction plans. These identify proposed priority bushfire mitigation actions, agreed to by BMC member agencies.
The introduction of risk reduction plans represented a significant collaboration among BMC member agencies and organisations, and an important step forward in improving the coordination of bushfire risk reduction activities across South Australia.
In February 2024, the State Bushfire Coordination Committee (SBCC) approved a shift in its approach to risk reduction planning, adopting a static four-year time horizon for risk reduction plans.
Risk Reduction Plans:
- Adelaide Mount Lofty Ranges BMC
- Fleurieu BMC
- Flinders and Outback BMC
- Kangaroo Island BMC
- Limestone Coast BMC
- Lower Eyre Peninsula BMC
- Mid-North and Yorke BMC
- Murray Mallee BMC
- Upper Eyre Peninsula BMC
The last approved BMAPs are linked below. These can be viewed as an interactive online map. A text document setting out the Plan activities, and a Risk and Treatment register, can be downloaded.
NOTE: The Flinders and Outback, and Mid-North and Yorke Bushfire Management Areas (BMAs) were proclaimed in mid-2024, as a result of a boundary amendment of the Flinders Mid-North and Yorke and Outback BMAs. The BMAP information for the new BMAs is contained in the last approved Flinders Mid-North and Yorke and Outback BMAPs.