Planned Burn Alert - Chichester State Forest, Mid-Coast
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A hazard reduction burn covering 125 hectares is underway and under control in Chichester State Forest.
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- Record type
- NSW incident notice
- Affected area
- Mid-Coast New South Wales
- Issued
- August 21, 2026
- Source feed
- NSW RFS
- Incident type
- Planned Burn
The NSW RFS source feed includes fires, planned burns, emergency responses, and other incidents. Use the source incident notice to identify the event type, current status, responsible agency, boundary, and instructions because those details can change quickly.
A planned or hazard-reduction burn is deliberately lit by fire authorities under controlled conditions to reduce fuel loads ahead of the fire season, not an uncontrolled incident. Planned Burn records make up 24% of the 3,622 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (883 of them). Areazine has recorded 6 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.
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Alert Details
ALERT LEVEL: Planned Burn TYPE: Hazard Reduction FIRE: Yes STATUS: Under control RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Forestry Corporation of NSW UPDATED: 22 Aug 2026 09:34
Affected Areas
LOCATION: CHICHESTER STATE FOREST BUSH MILL RD, UPPER KARUAH RIVER 2415 COUNCIL AREA: Mid-Coast SIZE: 125 ha
What You Should Do
No specific action steps provided in source data.
Expected Conditions
No temperature, wind, or accumulation details provided in source data.
Timeline
Pub date: 21/08/2026 11:34:00 PM Updated: 22 Aug 2026 09:34
Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗
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