the system used by Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), which uses 14 regions, so the boundaries of the two systems do not coincide. In some of the regions, the BOM designates the forecast area regions with a finer level of detail using points of the compass. Regions numbered 8 to 14 are usually known as forecast areas in the South West Land Division; coastal zones for sea forecasts are dealt with in the coastal regions of Western Australia. South West Western Australia Fire Weather Forecast Areas The South West Land Division has 23 fire districts. Political regions Under Australia's three-tiered system of government, Western Australia has four political regional schemes: State government departmental regions Many government departments maintain systems of regional and district breakdowns of the state for their own internal purposes. Department of Education Goldfields Kimberley Midwest North Metro Pilbara South Metro Southwest Wheatbelt Department of Agriculture and Food Northern Agricultural Region Rangelands Region Southern Agricultural Region Central Agricultural Region South West Agricultural Main Roads Western Australia Kimberley Pilbara Mid-West-Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance Wheatbelt Metropolitan Great Southern South-West Department of Water Kimberley Pilbara Mid West Gascoyne Goldfields Swan-Avon Kwinana Peel South West South Coast Department of Fisheries Fisheries tends to separate the state into four main regions for the purpose of regulating recreational fishing: North Coast – Pilbara-Kimberley Gascoyne Coast West Coast South Coast. Department of Mines and Petroleum The department produces statistical data based on the Regional Development Commissions Act regionalisation schema Since the creation of the Department of Industry and Resources some rationalisation of mines administration has occurred, however the mineral fields and boundaries remain the same as when established. Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage / Western Australian Planning Commission There are three regions with regional planning schemes, covering only a small part of the state: Metropolitan Region Scheme (Perth) Peel Region Scheme Greater Bunbury Region Scheme Department of Fire and Emergency Services Kimberley Pilbara Mid West Gascoyne Goldfields Great Southern Kwinana Peel South West Lower South West Metropolitan Department of Health Kimberley Pilbara Midwest Goldfields Wheatbelt South West Great Southern North Metropolitan South Metropolitan East Metropolitan Natural and land management See also :Category:Biogeography of Western Australia There are a number of regionalisations that attempt to provide a regionalisation based on natural features. The best known of these are the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) regions, and the World Wildlife Fund's Ecoregions in Australia, and the "natural regions"