Northern Territory firefighters declare Fire Danger Period for the Greater Darwin region

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The Fire Danger Period, which is set to last until at least October in the Northern Territiory, means residents in the area are not allowed to start fires in emergency response areas and fire-starting permits are required in fire managment zones.

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00:00Bush fire season is officially here, with the first of many declarations arriving for the greater Darwin region this week.

00:09But it might not all be bad news.

00:12At this very early stage, and you can't predict the weather too early,

00:15but at this early stage there is an indication that potentially it'll be an earlier wet season,

00:19which hopefully will mean a shorter fire danger period for us in the top end.

00:24But they're not taking any chances.

00:27The Territory's fireys say landholders can do plenty to take action before it's too late.

00:33If they don't have their fire breaks in place yet, which they really should have,

00:36making sure that they get in place ASAP, making sure that their bushfire survival plans are in place,

00:42and that they've exercised them, make sure that they're still current,

00:45and make sure that their family members know what is involved in those bushfire survival plans.

00:49This week's declaration applies to the greater Darwin region,

00:52which stretches from Darwin down to Pine Creek, and from West Daly over to Kakadu.

00:58The Catherine region, which we also call the Savannah region,

01:01is currently being monitored, and we expect that that will be declared in the next few weeks.

01:05And the rest of the Territory isn't far behind.

01:08As the earth dries up and the wind rises, it's heavy fuel loads such as gambar grass,

01:13and other patches of dry flora like this, which have firefighters concerned.

01:17And with the abundance of gambar in the regions,

01:20some Territorians say the risks are greater than people realise.

01:24Gambar is a massive issue come fire season,

01:27so gambar burns four times higher and ten times hotter than the native grasses.

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