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Local councils can educate the community about the effects of wood smoke and advise on how to reduce winter air pollution in their local area.

The following scripts are designed to be read by an announcer. You may be able to negotiate to have the scripts read as a community service announcement free of charge. Contact your local radio station for further details.

The Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) provides for the issuing of smoke abatement notices.

Up to $15,000 is being made available to individual NSW councils under the implementation project for the Clean Air Regulation Amendment 2015.

Air quality monitoring in Muswellbrook and Singleton, the major population centres in the Upper Hunter, indicates elevated particle pollution levels that periodically exceed the national air quality standards. While coal mines are a major source of particle emissions in the region, wood smoke from solid fuel heaters also contributes significantly towards particle pollution.

You are only allowed to light a fire outside in certain situations. Check what fires are allowed in your area, and whether you need a permit to burn.

The EPA protects human health and the environment by issuing a No Burn Notice when there are indications that smoke from planned fires is likely to contribute to the build-up of air pollution.

Cane farmers have a legal right to burn cane but must notify their immediate neighbours and avoid burning during unacceptable times and weather conditions.

How the EPA manages air quality in the different regions of NSW.