FIVE months after causing a grass fire at Cedar Grove, the Queensland Rocketry Society (QRS) is once again allowed to launch rockets at the site.
On March 9 sparks from a rocket launched at a QRS community launch day caused a grass fire on the council-owned land.
The fire angered nearby property owners, some of whom said the launch should not have gone ahead due to the dry and windy conditions on the day.
Since that time, Logan City Council has been looking into the fire to decide if any action should be taken against the group.
Earlier this month both parties signed a new Agreement for Use which runs until December this year.
In response to questions from the Times, a council spokeswoman said after multiple meetings with QRS about its firefighting capacity, equipment and safety systems manual, the group had reviewed its manual and engaged the rural fire service for advice and training.
"The rural fire service provided some assistance to help develop better fire mitigation strategies for the organisation's rocket launches," the spokeswoman said.
"Fire officers met with QRS on a couple of occasions over the past months and provided training and demonstrations in the use of a dry chemical fire extinguisher."
The council spokeswoman said a claim for damages was served on QRS for about 550 metres of fencing damaged by the fire.
QRS president Jeff Cheales said the group was pleased to have signed an agreement with council to hold their rocket launches at the Cedar Grove site again.
While he confirmed the club's safety systems had been reviewed and updated he would not provide any specific details on what those changes were.
