The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) performs the following key roles in relation to planning:

  • provides advice on bushfire hazard issues (for the Bushfire-Prone Areas Code in the State Planning Provisions
  • accredits Bushfire Hazard Practitioners (who complete bushfire assessments and certify hazard management plans for development applications in compliance with the Bushfire-Prone Areas Code and the Building Act 2016

The TFS does not have a role in deciding planning applications or creating or amending LPSs.

Read more: Tasmania Fire Service

For information on building for bushfire and bushfire hazard practitioners: Building for Bushfire