Planned Burn Alert: Upper Avon Rd, Craven

Source: NSW RFS · Mid-Coast

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A planned burn is underway and under control on Upper Avon Rd in Craven.

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Record type
NSW incident notice
Affected area
Mid-Coast
Issued
September 12, 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 3,303 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (828 of them). Areazine has recorded 19 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: Rural Fire Service UPDATED: 12 Sep 2026 11:41

Affected Areas

LOCATION: UPPER AVON RD, CRAVEN 2422 COUNCIL AREA: Mid-Coast

What You Should Do

No specific action steps provided in the source data.

Expected Conditions

SIZE: 0 ha

Timeline

Status reported as under control as of the update on 12 Sep 2026 11:41.

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% (828 of 3,303) of the NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived.
How many NSW RFS incidents has Areazine recorded for Mid-Coast?
Areazine has archived 19 NSW RFS incident notices for Mid-Coast, across all incident types tracked in this archive.
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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.