FIRE SAFETY  - (FROM THE SURVIVAL GUIDE)

Burn area safety is essential. There is a general fire ban in place, which means that there are to be no fires other than at a Ceremonial 'Welcome to Country' at sunset on Friday and the main burn on Saturday, except when there is a Total Fire Ban, where there will be absolutely NO fires in ALL areas.

The burning of the Man, will occur about an hour after Sunset on Saturday night, after the day starts to cool off and daytime winds generally settle.

  • Open Fires in Campsites are not permitted.
  • Gas cookers are OK and encouraged, unless there is a Total Fire Ban.
  • Fire spinning is OK in the fire spinning area, unless there is a Total Fire Ban.
  • All structures must be 10 metres (33 feet) from the outer perimeter of the Man burn area.
  • Aerial flares, rockets, explosives, and fireworks are prohibited.
  • Straw or hay bales are not allowed. 
  • Artwork must be respected and will not be permitted to be burned this year, however there may be a few installations which incorporate gas fires.

People with children should take care to educate their kids about fire safety and be extra vigilant around the permitted bare earth fire area.

Fire Risks & Conditions for NOVEMBER

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 NSW State Forests Fire Units to be 

Keeping us safe at the

Saturday Night Burn

in liaison with

NSW Rural Fire Services (RFS)

Burning Man Australia has been working with the regional NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), as well as NSW State Forests, to ensure proper permits and safety procedures are in place for this event.

Burning the man will only take place if conditions are safe to do so.

Here is information 'all' participants must know, with relation to the possibility of total fire bans being in place at that time of the year, and what conditions everyone will have to comply with, if these are enforced.

The forest is located in a grain & livestock farming district, which begins its harvesting at this time of the year. So fire and its control is paramount in the minds of farmers and people living in the local townships.

Therefore, we take a collective responsibility at the Burning Seed event to respect this and ensure fire safety for the local district.

Total fire bans can be a reality at this time of the year as well. However, last season, saw cooler weather with the breaking of the long standing drought. The average temperatures in Narrandera for November are (high) 27.3°c (81.1°f) and (low) 12.4°c (54.3°f). However, there has been extreme hot weather recorded with a high of 44.0°c (111.2°f) November. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrandera while we're never quite sure what the weather will be, its not expected to be as bad as the previous dry and hot drought stricken years, but we must be completely aware that sometimes extreme weather spells may be a possibility.

Due to these conditions and fire risks, at this time of the year, there will only be the burning of a man effigy structure on the Saturday night, in a strictly managed and very specially prepared bare earth area, next to a dam full of water, in a wide open cleared camp area, where there will be absolutely no risk of fire to the immediate forest or farms.

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We are hoping that with the recent weather changes, which have been continuing over from last summer,that the burning of the man effigy will still occur.

Nevertheless, this year's effigy will be a new & different design to last year, which was made to produce a particular effect. The man will burn differently and without the same type of flame or height of embers as last year, to suite the new conditions and time of year.

NSW Forests Fire Units will be on site overseeing the Saturday night burn. Every precaution is being discussed and arranged with both NSW Forests and the local NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), for this to be a completely safe activity, for the enjoyment to those gathered for the burning of the Man.

The burn will only occur at night, in the cool of the evening, and it will only proceed if conditions are right, where there is no wind risk or total fire ban in place.

Any burning on site will be done according to permits and strictly supervised conditions, where the safety of the event's participants, the forest and the immediate farming district which surrounds it, will be given the first and utmost priority in the circumstances. A pre-agreed trigger point established by NSW Forests and the NSW RFS will also be adhered to, and should conditions exceed this, the burning of the man will not go ahead.