Part of the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan - Bushfire Abatement Zone Under the Emergencies Act, the Commissioner has declared a BAZ. The BAZ surrounds Canberra and extends west towards the Murrumbidgee River. It is a subset of the BPA, and was developed to identify rural areas where specific measures are required to reduce risk to life and property to the built-up area of Canberra. These measures include land-use constraints, planning requirements for land managers (both public and private) and pre-incident planning for bushfires. The BAZ will be reviewed as required to reflect changes in land use and tenure, and will be approved by the Commissioner. Creative Commons License Creative Common By Attribution 4.0 (Australian Capital Territory), Please read Data Terms and Conditions statement before use of the data.