Manilla Community Carnival: Fireworks cancelled, carnival goes ahead as Total Fire Ban announced

The ban was announced late Monday afternoon and impacts Gunnedah, Gwydir, Inverell, the Liverpool Plains and Tamworth.

Approved fireworks are usually exempt from total fire bans, but the NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has said that people must apply for an exemption this time.

Fire and Rescue NSW acting chief superintendent Tom Cooper said the risk of was too high.

"The fireworks at Manilla won't be going ahead," he said.

"Those poor blokes from the NSW Rural Fire Service have been out the last three months, if we can avoid another fire than so be it.

"I understand it's somebody's livelihood who is paid to do that and it's fun for the families but I have to weigh that up against losing a life or someone's house."

Tamworth Rural Fire Service superintendent Allyn Purkiss said with the low humidity and amount of fire on the landscape, the less possible ignition the better.

The fire danger risk for New Year's Eve is very high in the Northern Slopes.

There's no total fire ban in the New England on Tuesday, but Armidale Regional Council postponed its fireworks earlier this month due to the tinder dry landscape.

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The Total Fire Ban means no fires can be lit in the open.

General purpose hot works like welding, grinding or gas cutting can not be done in the open.

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