The next fire season is fast approaching - CFA is introducing the 100 days countdown to the fire season to assist every person in every environment to understand how to protect themselves from bushfire.

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https://s1.www.vic.gov.au/admin/index.php?env=-index:m0--1--s-

Draft Fire Operations Plans for 2009-2012 are now available. Public comment on these plans is invited from 1 to 28 August 2009. This can include suggestions for planned burns, slashing work, or other fire operations activities. See how to have your say.

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http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf/LinkView/BEE061BE7EF7A550CA257497001ECDC75F5BCF631ED14DA0CA25760300103C44

This site contains information and resources on how the Department of Sustainability and Environment manages fire on public land, including reducing the risk of fire, containing outbreaks of fire and how fire has shaped our environment.

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au...

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenfoe.nsf/Home+Page/DSE+Fire~Home+Page?open

A Fire Danger Rating is a prediction of fire behaviour, including how hard it would be to put out a fire once it starts. In October 2009, Victoria adopted the new nationally agreed Fire Danger Rating scale to help communities understand information about fire danger.

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au...

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/residents/summer/firedangerratings.htm

Provides details about fire management. This comprises of all activities associated with the management of fire-prone public land, including the use of fire to meet land management goals and objectives. This involves the management of both wildfire and the use of planned fire on public land.

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au...

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenfoe.nsf/childdocs/-44688EB30B57BF124A2567CB000DB2EF?open

Maps on this page show the areas impacted by fires in January and February 2009.

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http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfoe.nsf/LinkView/504ED89232E8FF54CA25755F0015B056992B648F0F3BE6D0CA2573B400017907

Provides information about fire restrictions and Total Fire Bans. Also provides a clear explanation of what is allowed during the Fire Danger Period and on days of Total Fire Ban.

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au...

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/restrictions/index.htm

The CFA has produced the FireReady Kit to help you understand your bushfire risk, prepare your property and develop a Bushfire Survival Plan based on your decision to leave early or to actively defend your property. This tool will help people decide whether to leave early, well before a bushfire threatens, or to stay and actively defend a well-prepared house, taking into consideration daily weather forecasts and the associated Fire Danger Rating.

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au...

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/residents/summer/firereadykit.htm

As part of FireReady, its Bushfire Preparedness Program in 2009, the CFA has created a Household Bushfire Self-Assessment Tool. This will assist Victorians in determining if their home has adequate defendable space and help them to decide whether staying to defend is a viable option.

http://cfaonline.cfa.vic.gov.au...

http://cfaonline.cfa.vic.gov.au/mycfa/Show?pageId=publicHouseAssess

Provides the final Report of the Inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires.

http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au...

http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/CA256D8000265E1A/page/Listing-Inquiry+into+the+2002-2003+Victorian+Bushfires-Inquiry+into+the+2002-2003+Victorian+Bushfires!OpenDocument&1=10-Government+Initiatives~&2=20-Inquiry+into+the+2002-2003+Victorian+Bushfires~&3=10-Inqui