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Planned Burn Alert Issued for Cobbadah Area

Source: NSW RFS · Cobbadah, Gwydir

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Hazard reduction burn underway on Piedmont Road south of Cobbadah, covering 51 hectares and currently under control.

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Record type
NSW incident notice
Affected area
Cobbadah, Gwydir
Issued
August 30, 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 25% of the 3,453 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (857 of them).

Record status: published 3 weeks ago; current incident status is not stored here. Check NSW RFS Fires Near Me before acting.

Alert Details

ALERT LEVEL: Planned Burn TYPE: Hazard Reduction FIRE: Yes SIZE: 51 ha STATUS: Under control RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service UPDATED: 30 Aug 2026 21:16

Affected Areas

LOCATION: PEIDMONT RD, COBBADAH 2347 COUNCIL AREA: Gwydir

Timeline

The burn was reported with an update at 30 Aug 2026 21:16. No end time is specified in the source data.

Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗

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What is a planned burn? ▾
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.
How common is this type of NSW RFS record? ▾
Planned Burn records account for 25% (857 of 3,453) of the NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived.
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This record comes from the NSW RFS public incident feed. The responsible agency may differ and is identified in the source notice.

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