Department for Environment and Water

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Upcoming prescribed burns

Find out when and where NPWS prescribed burns are happening

Stay informed

Subscribe to our e-news and updates to stay informed about NPWS fire management activities

What are prescribed burns?

Find out about NPWS' prescribed burns program; what is it and why we do it

Burning on private lands

Find out how NPWS and CFS work with private landholders to help them reduce their bushfire risk

Bushfire risk and recovery

Learn how to reduce the risk of bushfires and access our fire management plans

Fire science

Understand the science and management behind fire and the environment.

Work with us

Find out how you can become a project firefighter with NPWS fire management

Contact us

Contact the NPWS fire management team

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.