8:50am Sunday 4 September 2011 - Hazard Reduction burn today at Royalla

The ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) Guises Creek Brigade will assist a private landholder with a hazard reduction burn today, Sunday 4 September, 2011, weather permitting, from 10am till 5pm, on the property of "The Schools", Monaro Highway, Royalla.

Two tankers, one light unit and 15 personnel will conduct the burn covering a total area of approx 10 hectares.

The purpose of the burn is to reduce a fire hazard with the removal of accumulated fuel.

The ACT Handy Map grid reference for the burn is L16.

The ACT Handy Map can be found by clicking on the link on the Bushfires Home page of the ESA website, or on the inside back cover of the 2011/12 Canberra and region Yellow Pages phone directory.