Bushfire planning training
The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission recognised the role that land-use planning can play in strengthening community resilience to bushfire. Its recommendations seek to ensure that bushfire is considered at different stages of the planning process and that the planning and building systems are better integrated. Protection of human life is to be the overriding objective of planning for bushfires.
To support the introduction of the new bushfire planning provisions, a series of training seminars have been developed.
2012 bushfire planning training
A. Introduction to bushfire planning provisions
A number of these introductory seminars were held in late 2011. Additional seminars were held on:
- Monday 5 March 2012 (1 Spring Street, Melbourne)
- Thursday 8 March 2012 (Alexandria on Lydiard, Ballarat)
- Thursday 22 March 2012 (The Alfred Deakin Centre, Mildura)
- Wednesday 28th March (Metropole 44 Brunswick St, Fitzroy)
These additional seminars were free for local government and agencies. For planning and other consultants, the cost of a seminar was $120.00 (including GST).
This seminar informed planners and other practitioners on the provisions for bushfire, how the planning system interacts with the building system, and the key ways to support bushfire planning at the strategic and statutory stages of the process.
The seminars, jointly presented by the CFA and DPCD, covered:
- the Victoria Planning Provisions and bushfire planning
- bushfire behaviour and the planning system
- preparing a bushfire site assessment under the Bushfire Management Overlay
- how the planning system addresses the construction of buildings through bushfire attack levels
- strengthening community resilience to bushfire.
Who should attend:
- Councils and referral authorities
- Planning and other consultants
B. Preparing and assessing an application under the Bushfire Management Overlay
This seminar will provide practical examples to illustrate the application of key elements of the BMO, such as vulnerable uses and alternative solutions.
This seminar is scheduled for:
- Thursday 17 May 2012 (The Metropole, Fitzroy) - Full
- Thursday 7 June 2012 (The Metropole, Fitzroy)
Who should attend:
It is recommended that participants have previously attended one of the introductory seminars.
This new seminar will be free for local government and agencies. For planning and other consultants, the cost of a seminar will be $120.00 (including GST).
Registration
Register for the 7 June seminarIf you have any enquiries about this course, please email planning.systems@dpcd.vic.gov.au.
2012 bushfire PLANET training
Two bushfire-related seminars have been included as part of the PLANET professional training and development program.
These seminars scheduled for November 2012, will build on the training delivered in 2011 and proposed for early 2012. They will cover:
PD points will be attributed to the PLANET seminars and will incur a fee for all participants.
2011 bushfire planning training program
The training seminars listed below were held in November and December 2011 and jointly presented by the CFA, DSE and DPCD.
Local government and referral authorities
This was a FREE seminar for local government and authorities.
Wangaratta - Wednesday 16 November 2011
Traralgon - Friday 18 November 2011
Geelong - Tuesday 22 November 2011
Melbourne - Thursday 24 November 2011
Ballarat - Tuesday 29 November 2011
Bendigo - Wednesday 30 November 2011
Melbourne - Monday 5 December 2011
Melbourne - Wednesday 7 December 2011
Planning and other consultants
The cost of a seminar was $120.00 (including GST).
Geelong - Tuesday 22 November 2011
Melbourne - Monday 5 December 2011
Melbourne - Wednesday 7 December 2011