Bushfire clearing in High Wycombe
The City of Kalamunda's fire hazard assessments cover all areas of the City, and High Wycombe is one of them. A house block is usually well under 5,000 m², so it falls in the notice's smaller group, which skips the firebreak but still asks for an asset protection zone.
That zone runs 20 m out from each building, with fuel kept to no more than 2 tonne per hectare. Dead grass and weeds stay at 50 mm or less, and dead flammable material below 8 tonne per hectare across the block. If the work isn't done, the City can do it and recover the costs from the owner or occupier.
Tree removal in High Wycombe: what's local
Base of the scarp
High Wycombe lies 18 km from Perth at the base of the Darling Scarp, directly east of Perth Airport. The hills suburbs rise just behind it, with steeper blocks and more bush.
A younger suburb
It was part of Maida Vale until it was declared a suburb on 2 June 1978, and the name dates from a 1958 subdivision. Estates such as Jacaranda Springs, north of Kalamunda Road, are still growing, and the Airport line station opened on 9 October 2022.
The policy to ask about
The City of Kalamunda revoked its old Tree Retention policy, and its draft Future Forest policy went out for comment in 2025 but hadn't been put to Council when we checked. Ask the City what applies before a large tree comes out.
Tree jobs you can do yourself in High Wycombe
You can
- Keep dead grass and weeds down to 50 mm or less, and rake up dead leaves
- Prune small branches you can reach with both feet on the ground, using secateurs, loppers or a pruning saw
- Photograph a damaged tree before anyone touches it
- Lodge a Dial Before You Dig enquiry on 1100 before any digging or stump work
Leave to an arborist
- Anything above head height, or over the roof
- Removing a tree in pieces where it could hit a fence, a shed or the house
- Grinding the stump once the services are marked
- Any tree near a power line, which is for Western Power or someone trained for line work
Stump grinding in High Wycombe
House blocks carry water, power and data lines underground, so a stump grinding job starts with finding them. The City points people to Dial Before You Dig on 1100. Before You Dig Australia notes its plans may not show what's inside your boundary, such as irrigation or a cable to the shed.
Ask the arborist how deep they'll grind and where the grindings will go. Perth's shot-hole borer quarantine limits how wood is moved, so it can't just go anywhere. More in stump grinding in Perth and removing a tree stump.
Storm damage and fallen trees in High Wycombe
A damaged powerline can be live, so keep 8 metres away and call Western Power. If anyone's hurt, or there's fire, it's 000 first. For storm damage that's left the house unsafe, the SES can help.
Hiring an arborist in High Wycombe
Treat the fire notice as your yearly tree check. Walk the 20 metre zone around the house each spring and deal with anything dead or overhanging. If a tree has to go, ask the City first, then have the stump ground only once the services have been located and marked.