Smithton Fire Brigade

07/05/2026

08/04/2026

🔥 The 2025/26 Fire Permit Period will end statewide tomorrow (Thursday, 9 April 2026).

ℹ️ From 2am tomorrow, if you’re considering burning on your property:
🤝 you don’t require a fire permit
🤝 BUT we encourage you to register your burn by calling 1800 000 699. Registering your burn will ensure your local Tasmania Fire Service brigade are aware of your plans and can respond accordingly.

📍 Remember:
➡️ Anyone conducting a burn must be capable of managing the fire and be mindful of changing weather conditions.
➡️ Make sure an adult is always attending the burn until it is fully extinguished.
➡️ Have suitable working firefighting equipment available to appropriately manage fire activity in the event that the fire begins to spread.
➡️ Never light fires in peat, humus, or marram grass.
➡️ Landowners are responsible for any damage caused by fires escaping their land.
➡️ Ensure your neighbours are aware and that your burn won’t adversely affect their health, or farming operations – particularly the wine industry, which is vulnerable to smoke.
➡️ Burning on private property is governed by local council by-laws and environmental laws about smoke emissions.

Further information is available at fire.tas.gov.au

19/09/2025

11/09/2025

Thanks for having us! 👨🏻‍🚒🚒

04/05/2025

🚒 It's St Florian’s Day, also known as International Firefighter’s Day.

❤️ Today we honour and thank every firefighter - current and past - for their bravery, dedication, and commitment to protecting our community.

🤍 We pause and remember those firefighters who have sadly lost their lives in service.

22/02/2025

🔥 ⛔ A state-wide total fire ban has been declared from 2am tomorrow (Sunday 23 February 2025) until 2am Monday (24 February 2025).

📌 During the total fire ban period no fires are permitted in the open, including incinerators, burn-offs, campfires, fire pots, and wood-fuelled barbecues.

📌 All fire permits are suspended, unless the fire is exempted.

📌 The undertaking of machinery operations is prohibited unless undertaken in accordance with the Tasmania Fire Service Machinery Operations Guideline.

➡️ If you’ve had a fire in the past week, please check it now to ensure it is fully extinguished.

➡️ If you live in a bushfire prone area please review your bushfire survival plan now, and keep up-to-date on changing conditions as the warm weather progresses.

📲 Anyone who sees a fire in the open is urged to report promptly to Triple Zero (000).

ℹ️ Keep up-to-date with:
➡️ https://bushfire.tas.gov.au/ - for the fire danger rating in your area.
➡️ http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/warnings/ – for the latest weather forecast and warnings.
➡️ https://www.tasalert.com – for current warnings and advice.
➡️ https://www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts/ – for road closures.

08/02/2025

Community members of Sandy Cape, Temma, Couta Rocks, Nelson Bay, Arthur River and Balfour are invited to attend a community meeting:

📌 Arthur River Field Centre
(1409 Arthur River Road, Arthur River TAS 7330)

📅 On Sunday, 9 February 2025 at 1pm

Representatives from Tasmania Fire Service, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, Sustainable Timber Tasmania and Tasmania Police will provide an update on the current fire activity as well as information on how you can be prepared and how to stay up to date with the latest information.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information, visit TasALERT.com

06/01/2025

6/1/25

First training session of the year tonight was spent familiarising with pumping and drafting water in preparation for the bushfire season 🔥

Training every fortnight, next session Monday 20th January. New members welcome! 🧑‍🚒