Schools and early childhood services at risk of grassfire - Category 4

Information on the schools and early childhood services at risk of grassfire - Category 4 List, including a list of schools and early childhood services.

Inclusion on this list is a trigger for the school or early childhood service to pre-emptively close on days forecast 'Catastrophic' in their fire weather district.

The Category 4 List is published every year.

Schools and early childhood services at greater fire risk (those assessed to be in fire risk categories 0, 1, 2 and 3) are listed on the department’s Bushfire At-Risk Register (BARR).

If you have queries relating to this list, please email emergency.management@education.vic.gov.au.

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The list was updated on 4 August 2026.

The list of schools and early childhood services on the Category 4 List is listed by suburb below.

You can search by facility name, local government area or fire weather district by downloading a copy of the Category 4 List.

Category 4 List (XLSX, 66KB)

Facilities by suburb

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