Fire Season 2011-2012:
Prepare, Act, Survive

Please select from the list below

• Community Action - Be Fire Ready
• Prepare Yourself and Family
• Defending Homes Can Be Dangerous
• Pets and Animals
• Bushfire Prevention in Frankston City
• Fire Facts and Warnings
• Tips for Holiday Makers
• Vegetation Management
• Fire Ready Kit
• Burning and Permits
• Municipal Fire Prevention Plan 2010 - 2014
• Fire Ready Meetings

The current permits to burn that have been issued in 2011 will expire on 30 November 2011, or earlier if the Fire Danger Period is introduced by CFA. For further information visit our Burning and Permits page.

CFA Declares Fire Danger Period 2011/2012

On the 13 January, CFA declared the Fire Danger Period for 2011/12 to begin at 1:00am 23 January 2012 and to cease at 1:00am on 1 May 2012.

These restrictions will remain in force inclusive of these dates unless extended or curtailed in the meantime by the CFA. For further information, please contact Councils' Municipal Fire Prevention Officer on 1300 322 322

CFA key messages

• Victoria is one of the most fire-prone regions in the world.
• Planning ahead can save you and your family from being killed by fire.
• If you are in a high-risk bushfire area, know what to do, and when and where to go, on hot, dry, windy days. 
• Prepare weeks and months before the fire season. Act on the daily Fire Danger Rating. Survive a bush or grass fire.

High-risk bushfire areas

• These include heavily forested areas, thick bush or long, dry grass, coastal areas with lots of scrub.
• Fires can occur where suburbs meet the bush, in urban areas where houses have grassland or bush around them, and in rural and remote areas.
• Coastal scrub is a high fire risk as it burns very hot and fast.
  

Keep Informed and Be Vigilant Visit the CFA website: www.cfa.vic.gov.au Call the Victorian Bushfire Information Line: 1800 240 667 Listen to 774ABC Radio