Hazard reduction not a panacea: RFS boss

By Jodie Stephens
Updated January 8 2020 - 11:38am, first published 10:49am
Shane Fitzsimmons says hazard reduction burns are challenging, weather being the biggest impediment.
Shane Fitzsimmons says hazard reduction burns are challenging, weather being the biggest impediment.

The boss of the NSW Rural Fire Service says hazard reduction is important but not a panacea for bushfire risk and has "very little effect at all" on the spread of fire in severe or extreme weather.

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