Prescribed burning
Our Accreditation
Woongal Environmental Services is a Tier 1 member of the Australian Bushfire Management Association (ABMA), meaning our team is qualified to plan, lead, and execute prescribed burns end to end.
ABMA is the national body representing Australia’s private sector bushfire management industry, and Tier 1 membership recognises practitioners who hold full operational burn management capability.
Core Capabilities
Woongal’s accredited crew delivers fire management outcomes, across the full cycle from planning through to post-burn monitoring, including:
- On-site assessment of fuel loads, vegetation type, slope and weather conditions
- Risk profiling for assets, infrastructure and adjacent land
- Recommendations on burn timing, intensity and seasonal windows
- Site-specific burn plans aligned to EA conditions, rehabilitation goals and vegetation management objectives
- Coordination with Queensland fire authorities and permit acquisition
- Firebreak preparation and site readiness ahead of ignition
- Fire used to protect cultural heritage assets on tenement and adjacent land
- Partnership with Traditional Owner groups to deliver culturally appropriate outcomes
- Broad-scale fire application designed to trigger ecosystem reinstatement and plant-response regeneration
- End-to-end burn implementation from ignition through to containment, delivered by crews credentialed under Queensland’s Fire and Emergency Services Act
- Fire regime planning to restore ecological function on rehabilitated and disturbed land
- Vegetation response monitoring following burn completion
- Defensible reporting that supports EA conditions and audit requirement
Our People
Our team includes:
- Tier 1 accredited fire management practitioners and Indigenous rangers experienced in burning across Queensland
- Ecologists who ensure burn programs deliver measurable outcomes for vegetation, habitat, and biodiversity
- GIS specialists supporting burn planning, mapping, and post-burn reporting
- Professionals experienced in regulatory compliance and permit coordination