Sherwood Fire Recovery
Sherwood Fire Recovery
The Sherwood Bushfire on Saturday the 6th of January blacked out 12,000ha of farmland during extreme temperatures and strong winds in January 2018. Six houses, 78 head of cattle and around 2,000 sheep were lost in the blaze.
Please scroll down for information about;
- Lessons Learned from the Sherwood Fire & preparing for the fire season - information and presentations from this workshop held on Wednesday the 17th of October 2018
- Sherwood Fire Local Recovery Committee
- Sherwood Soil Protection Project
- Assistance with post fire fencing of remnant native vegetation
Click here to access the link to handout and information about the Sherwood Fire Recovery Farm Walk held on 26th June 2019
Lessons Learned from the Sherwood Fire & preparing for the fire season - Wednesday 17th of October 2018
Around 70 people attended this informative workshop covering a range of information on what was learnt during the recovery phase of the Sherwood Fire, and to assist in how to prepare for the upcoming fire season.
Please click the link below for a summary of some of the key 'lessons learned'.
Lessons Learned from the Sherwood Fire Workshop - key points captured
Please click on the links below to access further information on the topics that were covered:
How the Sherwood fire event unfolded
Learning about fire insurance - Chris Matthews - MGA Insurance
Pam Holland, Landmark Marsh Advantage - Insurance Information
Asbestos in buildings & clean up post fire - Andy Watts of Watts Asbestos
Fire Ready Structures - Leah Bertholini, CFS Development Assessment Unit
Private Farm Fire Units - Jason Druwitt – CFS , Regional Operational Planning Officer
How to effectively prepare for a bushfire - Megan Hurrell - CFS - Community Engagement Officer
Expert speakers in attendance included Sherwood landholders, CFS, Asbestos Removal Contractor - Andy Watts, Insurance Industry representatives.
Sherwood Soil Protection Project
This project was delivered by Coorong Tatiara Local Action Plan (Tatiara District Council) as an in kind support to the Sherwood Bushfire Recovery. Funding for the clay spreading came from Natural Resources South East.
To date 15 out of 16 landholders have completed their clay spreading projects as part of this project.
This represents approximately 160 hectares of the most at risk soils stabilised in the Sherwood Bushfire Recovery area.
Evidence of wind erosion soil build up along fence lines pre clay spreading
Clay Spreading before / after July 2018
Assistance with post fire fencing of Remnant Native Vegetation
With the support of the Sherwood Fire Local Recovery Committee, Coorong Tatiara Local Action Plan were successful in attracting funding support from the Native Vegetation Management Unit to assist landholders with a boundary with a Heritage Agreement, to reconstruct these fences. The two large patches of vegetation shown below are Heritage Agreements (total area of 753.98 hectares) that sit in the centre of the Sherwood Fire Footprint.
With the support of the Sherwood Fire Local Recovery Committee, MacKillop Farm Management Group were successful in attracting a Small Environment Grant from the Commonwealth Government to assist landholders with protecting native vegetation, opportunistic rabbit and wind erosion control, and technical support.
Heritage Agreement Fencing underway at Sherwood