Articles tagged: Forest Fire Management Victoria
High-capacity Helitack boost
Colac Airfield has become a hive of activity for a multi-agency safety session, with a new aircraft offering increased capacity this fire season.
Burns manage fuel loads
Planned burns are continuing to take place across the Colac Otway region as part of a fuel management program.
Summer reflections on bushfires
With autumn weather slowly starting to settle in, Forest Fire Management Victoria chief fire officer Chris Hardman has reflected on summer’s challenges across the community.
Weekend’s fire warning
Victoria’s fire and land management agencies are urging campers and holidaymakers in the Colac district to prioritise campfire safety ahead of the long weekend.
Barongarook fire investigated
Local firefighting crews were busy bringing a Barongarook grass fire under control yesterday, with the cause still yet-to-be-determined.
Warning for dry Otways
Forest Fire Management Victoria has issued another warning about the dry conditions of the Otways, after recent bushfires in the area.
Forest fireys taking action
Green-shirt firefighters have started industrial action for better pay, fresh from battling blazes in the Otways.
Planned burns determined by weather
As the fire danger period ends today, planned burns could continue across the Colac district and Otways if favourable weather conditions continue.
Forest fire team in full force
Forest Fire Management Victoria is stronger than ever heading into the upcoming bushfire season, after receiving a significant boost to its workforce and rapid response capability.
Canadian deployment a privilege for Colac firefighter
A Colac firefighter who spent her first ever overseas trip fighting wildfires and protecting communities in Canada, has described the experience as an amazing privilege.
Winter bush burns near Gellibrand
Burnoffs are continuing in the Otways for winter.
Coastal residents evacuated amid burnoff fears
Kennett River and other coastal residents had to temporarily evacuate their homes amid fears that bush burnoffs could escape and decimate towns during the weekend’s extreme fire weather.
Crews keep eye on burnoffs as high-risk weather arrives
Fire crews have spent today strengthening containment lines around fuel reduction burns in the Otways, ahead of extreme fire conditions tomorrow.
Firewood season kicks off in Otways region
The autumn firewood collection season began on Wednesday and lasts for four months.
Fire helicopter on call to fight Otways fires
A water-bombing helicopter is back in Colac to help forest fire crews and volunteer firefighters tackle the flames this summer.
Fire chopper returning to protect Colac
A firefighting helicopter will return to the Colac airbase to help combat fires this summer.
Crews ignite more heathland burns
Winter burns continue in the Otways, with Forest Fire Management Victoria igniting a 110-hectare burnoff this week.
Winter burns start in Otways heath
Forest Fire Management Victoria has ignited burnoffs near Carlisle River and Gellibrand this week as it starts its winter burns program.
Burns continue in Otways
Forest Fire Management Victoria has made the most of warm weather in recent days to do thousands of hectares of planned burns in the Otways.
Fire study for Otways heath
A local conservation agency has started research on saving native plants and reducing bushfires in the Carlisle heath, through the use of planned burns in winter.
Warm weekend ideal for Otway burns
Warm, dry weather at the weekend allowed Forest Fire Management Victoria to continue planned burns in the Otway region.
Burnoffs set to pause after wet weather
Authorities have ignited a second planned burn near Carlisle River.
Rain makes burns possible
Smoke was visible across Colac and district through the weekend as fire authorities made use of ideal conditions for bush burnoffs.
Otways burns kick off
The autumn burnoff campaign has begun in the Otways, with state authorities taking advantage of mild weather to start removing fuel loads.
