Bushfire Management Area Plan (BMAP) Asset Polygons

Dataset Number 2371
Dataset Title Bushfire Management Area Plan (BMAP) Asset Polygons
Status Published
Metadata Maintained by CFS

Description

Category Emergency Services
Theme Fire - Country
Keywords and Qualifiers HAZARDS Fire - Management
Dataset Type Spatial
Description BMAP Assets are assets at risk of bushfire, as identified in South Australia's nine Bushfire Management Area Plans (BMAPs). Each BMAP asset is assigned a risk rating of either low, medium, high, very high, or extreme. Assets may be assigned risk reduction "treatments" to reduce their level of risk. Where risk reduction treatments are assigned, the agency or agencies responsible for the treatment are also specified. BMAP Assets are captured in three datasets: BMAP Asset Points, BMAP Asset Lines, and BMAP Asset Polygons. This allows assets to be represented as either points (for example, a communication tower) lines (for example, a pipeline) or polygons (for example, an area of houses located at an urban/rural fringe). Assets are broadly categorised according to their value as either a "Human Settlement", "Economic Value", or "Social Value" asset. This is referred to as the "Asset Type". There is one other Asset Type, "Environmental", however, those assets are stored in a separate dataset named BMAP Environmental Assets. BMAPs are defined in Section 73A of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005. BMAPs can be viewed on the Bushfire Management Area Plans page on the State Bushfire Coordination Committee (SBCC) website. Further information is available on the SBCC website. In particular, the publication named The Bushfire Management Area Plan Handbook 2018 provides more information about BMAP Assets.
Dataset Use BMAP Asset data is primarily used by Bushfire Management Committee (BMC) member agencies and other stakeholders in bushfire management planning as described in Division 7 of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005. BMAP asset data helps those agencies and stakeholders prioritise risk reduction works and develop coordinated bushfire risk reduction strategies across the landscape.
SDE Feature Class Name BMAP_Asset_Polygons
Projection/ Coordinate System LAMBERT

Custodian

Data Authority

Data Authority Country Fire Service (CFS)
Data Authority Name Alison May
Director, Community Risk and Resilience
Data Manager Bryce Touchstone
Senior Spatial Analyst
Country Fire Service (CFS)
Bryce.Touchstone@eso.sa.gov.au
(08) 8115 3346
Subject Matter Expert Aidan Galpin
Manager, Bushfire Management Planning
Country Fire Service (CFS)
Aidan.Galpin@eso.sa.gov.au
0400 582 109
Data Integrity Officer David Phillips
GIS Support Officer
Country Fire Service (CFS)
david.phillips@eso.sa.gov.au
(08) 8115 3331

Data Provider

Data Provider Country Fire Service (CFS)

Data Quality

Lineage The BMAP asset data was maintained by the CFS Bushfire Management Planning Unit on behalf of South Australia's nine Bushfire Management Committees. The BMAP Asset data was initially captured from existing government datasets and through workshops with stakeholders in bushfire management planning. In some cases asset geometry was aligned to other state government datasets such as the digital cadastre. In 2022, regular updates to the BMAP assets GIS data were stopped. A notice was placed on each BMAP's online map stating "Due to instability in the existing software supporting the BMAPs, the BMAP Asset data displayed on the online maps can no longer be updated. The BMAP Asset data will continue to be displayed on the online maps for reference purposes. The 'Asset Treatment List' (also known as the risk register) for each BMAP is being updated, and can continue to be downloaded from the link on each plan map, but ongoing amendments to the content of the register will not appear on the maps. The procurement process to develop a new software solution to support BMAPs is underway." Updates to the BMAP Asset data displayed in the Location SA map viewer and on data.sa.gov.au also stopped at that time.
Completeness Complete up until 2022 when updates to the BMAP Assets GIS data were stopped. See "Lineage" section for more information.
Positional Accuracy Spatial accuracy varies within the layer.
Method / Capture Scale

Tables

Table Name
BMAP Asset Polygons

Field Description

TableNameField AliasData Type% Complete% AccuracyDescription
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetIDAssetIDNumber100 A numeric unique identifier for each asset.
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetNameAssetNametext100 A free-text name assigned to an asset. For example, "Eden Hills Kindergarten".
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetLocationAssetLocationtext100 A free-text description of the asset's location, which generally includes a street name and suburb or locality name.
BMAP Asset PolygonsCouncilAreaCouncilAreatext100 The Local Government Area the asset is located within.
BMAP Asset PolygonsBMPAreaBMPAreatext100 The Bushfire Management Area the asset is located within. Bushfire Management Areas are defined under Section 72 of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005.
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetTypeAssetTypetext100 BMAP Assets are categorised (based on their value) into four "Asset Types". The four asset types are "Human Settlement", "Economic", "Social Value", and "Environmental". Note that environmental assets are stored in a separate dataset named BMAP Environmental Assets.
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetCategoryAssetCategorytext100 Within the four "Asset Types", BMAP Assets are more finely categorised by "Asset Category". Asset Categories include, for example, "Residential" or "Infrastructure".
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetSubCategoryAssetSubCategorytext100 Within "Asset Categories", BMAP Assets are more finely categorised by "Asset Sub Category". Asset Sub Categories include, for example, "Plantations", "Railway Lines", or "Sports Clubs".
BMAP Asset PolygonsAssetOwnerAssetOwnertext100 Where an asset's owner is known, this field contains a textual description of the asset owner. Values may include, for example, "SA Water" or "Local Government".
BMAP Asset PolygonsRiskRisktext100 The asset's rating of bushfire risk. Values include "Low", "Medium", "High", "Very High", "Extreme", and "NA". In the context of BMAP, the meaning of "risk" and the methodology used to determine risk are explained in "The Bushfire Management Area Plan Handbook 2018", available at https://sbcc.sa.gov.au/resources/.
BMAP Asset PolygonsRepresentsWiderAreaRepresentsWiderAreatext100 If this field contains '1', the asset's geometry represents a dispersed cluster of assets with common characteristics, risk factors and treatments.
BMAP Asset Polygonst1strategyt1strategytext100 t1strategy stands for "Bushfire Risk Reduction Treatment 1 Strategy". This field repeats, with the "t1" portion of the field name incrementing from "t1" to "t10", allowing up to 10 "treatments" to be recorded for each asset. A treatment's "strategy" is a strategic-level categorisation of how the treatment reduces bushfire risk. Possible values include, for example, "Land and Property Management", "Community Engagement", or "Education and Information Provision".
BMAP Asset Polygonst1actiont1actiontext100 t1action stands for "Bushfire Risk Reduction Treatment 1 Action". This field repeats, with the "t1" portion of the field name incrementing from "t1" to "t10", allowing up to 10 "treatments" to be recorded for each asset. A treatment's "action" is a more specific categorisation of the action that is planned to be taken to reduce bushfire risk. Possible values include, for example, "Asset Protection Zone", "Prescribed Burning", or "Property Preparedness".
BMAP Asset Polygonst1agency1t1agency1text100 t1agency1 stands for "Bushfire Risk Reduction Treatment 1 Agency 1". This field repeats, with the "t1" portion of the field name incrementing from "t1" to "t10", allowing up to 10 "treatments" to be recorded for each asset. For each treatment, this field repeats, with the "agency1" portion of the field name incrementing from "agency1" to "agency3", allowing up to three agencies to be recorded for each treatment. Agencies that are recorded for a treatment may have direct or indirect involvement in the implementation of a treatment. Possible values include, for example, "CFS", "SA Water" or "Forestry SA". If more than one agency is recorded for a treatment, the agencies are not in priority order.

Geographic Extent

Extent NameSouth Australia
Min Easting or Longitude129
Min Northing or Latitude-38.25
Max Easting or Longitude141
Max Northing or Latitude-26

Dataset Status

Initially Acquired 2015
Last Updated 2022
Update Frequency Not Planned
Maintenance Method Until 2022 updates to BMAP Asset data were approved in accordance with section 17 of the The Bushfire Management Area Plan Handbook 2018. Once approved, updates were carried out by the CFS Bushfire Management Planning Unit using a software system called BRIMS. Since 2022, the BMAP Assets GIS data is no longer being updated. See "Lineage" section for more information.
Metadata Created 24-SEP-2019
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Metadata updated 05/OCT/23 localhost\LMSCFSDPhillips
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Metadata Retired

Security Classification

ISMF Classification OFFICIAL
ISMF Integrity I3 - HIGH Requirement
ISMF Availability A2 - MODERATE Requirement
AusGOAL Licensing Classification CC BY (Attribution)
Attribution
Further considerations for supply of dataset No

Operator Notes

Related Datasets and Associated Products
BMAP Asset Points
BMAP Asset Lines
Bushfire Management Areas