Fire mitigation efforts will focus on three areas in Lake Macquarie over the next five years as part of a new Bushfire Risk Management Plan.

The blueprint recently identified Seahampton to Wakefield, Whitebridge to Redhead, and Cooranbong to Martinsville.

They were determined by analysing risk assessment data and gauging community vulnerability and access and exit points for any given location.

“Across the rest of the city, our bushfire mitigation activities will continue as usual,” council’s manager environmental systems Brendan Callander said.

“However, the management plan, which covers Lake Macquarie and the Central Coast, highlights those three areas as a priority between now and 2029.

“So, we’ll be increasing our efforts within those precincts to manage fuel loads, reduce the ris

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