Abstract: The general approach and systems applied by DSE and PV to fire management planning and implementation in the high country are shaped by a range of drivers including: . Compliance with statutory requirements for the management of fire; Compliance with statutory requirements for the management of conservation values on public land; Compliance with statutory Occupational Health and Satiety requirements and maintenance of public safety; Compliance with Victorian government policy frameworks; Contemporary community expectations that government planning processes are transparent, and that members of the public have the opportunity to have input to planning and decisions; Potential legal risks arising from use of fire which results in harm or financial loss to others, particularly in light of increasing litigation trends in Australia; Management within budgetary allocations