A Total Fire Ban has been declared for Wednesday 8 February 2012 for Perth, Perth hills and surrounding areas and Mandurah.

This includes Perth Metropolitan area, Perth hills and neighbouring shires of:

• Chittering

• Gingin

• Kalamunda

• Mundaring

• Murray

• Waroona

On Wednesday 8 February between 12.01am until 11.59pm any activity that could start a fire is banned.

This means:

• you must not light or use any fires in the open air

• all open fires for the purpose of cooking or camping are not allowed

• ‘hot work’ such as metal work, grinding, welding, soldering, gas cutting or similar is not allowed unless you have an exemption

• you must not undertake any other activities that may start a fire

If a Harvest and Vehicle Movement Ban has not been implemented by your local government you are able to harvest or move vehicles across paddocks.

You could be fined up to $25,000 or jailed for 12 months or both if you ignore the Total Fire Ban.

For information on activities that can or cannot be carried out during a Total Fire Ban visit www.fesa.wa.gov.au/totalfirebans/ Pages/TotalFireBanWhatCantIDo.asp x.

If the information you want is not available from the website, telephone the Total Fire Ban Information Line 1800 709 355.

This information is also available by visiting www.fesa.wa.gov.au