About planned burning

  • First Nations fire staff at planned burn site First Nations knowledge and practices

    Learn more about how First Nations knowledge and practices inform and intersect with QPWS fire management.

  • Sulpher-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) Plants and animals

    Image detailsSulpher-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

    Many of Queensland’s unique plant and animal species rely on fire to survive and thrive. QPWS planned burns support our native flora and fauna through habitat regeneration while reducing bushfire risk and intensity.

  • Two female first staff watching a planned burn Our partners in fire

    Learn more about how QPWS works with other fire and land management agencies, First Nations groups and park neighbours to effectively manage fire across tenures.

  • Fire worker at planned burn in Nerang National Park The science behind planned burns

    Understanding the relationship between fire and Queensland's many different ecosystems, plants and animals is a crucial factor that fire-trained Rangers consider when deciding why, when, where and how to undertake planned burns in our protected areas.

  • Why we burn to conserve

    Fire plays a crucial role in the evolution and maintenance of Queensland’s unique ecosystems, and First Nations people have used fire as a land management tool for thousands of years. The strategic use of fire has greatly influenced Queensland’s current biodiversity and continues to be used for effective land management today.

  • Photo of rangers strategising over maps and planning documentation for planned burns in a meeting operations room. How we burn to conserve

    Before you see smoke in the air, there will have been much planning, sometimes years in advance, and often many hours and days of preparations ahead of the day of the burn.