Forestry Corporation is advising the public on the North Coast to avoid State forests as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes landfall on Thursday.

A hazard reduction burn is being staged in Ballengarra State Forest, south of Kempsey, to improve forest health and reduce fuel loads.

Volunteers are being asked to pull on a pair of gloves to help clean up Taree’s Kiwarrak State Forest and Wauchope’s Cowarra State Forest.

Seven Forestry Corporation staff members are deploying to Western Australia as part of a contingency of NSW fire specialists.

Nine fire specialists from Forestry Corporation have deployed to Victorian firefronts as part of an interstate NSW firefighting contingency.

A clear-fall operation is set to start soon in Armidale State Forest to remove dead and dying pine trees, which present a public safety risk.