Fire weather district review underway
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The Victorian Fire weather district boundaries were last reviewed in 2009.
This review will investigate whether the current boundaries are fit for purpose - do they enable good quality information to be provided to assist in decision-making for both agencies and community?
The implementation of the Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) has led to advancements in fuel and fire behaviour models used to determine fire ratings, which results in opportunities for more localised weather and fuel modeling to be more defined.
Fire weather districts are the primary geographical area used for dissemenation of fire danger information to the public and stakeholders across the state. Total Fire Bans are declared using the same geographical areas.
In Victoria, the district areas are created usiing the local government boundaries as a known geographical areas for the community.
“It is now timely to review the nine fire weather districts to consider if the current format is providing good useful fire rating information to community, industry and fire agencies,” Deputy Chief Officer Alen Slijepcevic AFSM said.
“CFA, supported by AFDRS funds, is leading the review. The key aim will be to ensure that fire weather districts accurately reflect weather and climate conditions in Victoria now and into the future.”
To find out more about the review, visit the fire weather district review webpage. During October there are a series of webinars planned to inform members, stakeholders and agency personnel about how and what the review is about, what analysis has been completed to date, and the next steps. Register to attend a session.
Members are encouraged to contribute ideas and thoughts for consideration. Find out more by visiting the Members Online.