Forest Fire Management Victoria

  • Crews plan more burns for Otways

    Crews will ignite hundreds of hectares of burnoffs in the Otways in coming days as Forest Fire Management Victoria continues its planned burns program.

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  • FFMVic’s planned burns continue at Lorne

    Forest Fire Management Victoria crews continued planned burning at Lorne yesterday.

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  • Bureau tips warm autumn

    Weather watchers expect the Colac district to have higher-than-average autumn temperatures as a La Nina weather pattern subsides across Australia.

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  • Bush burns postponed

    Rain forced fire authorities to postpone two bush burnoffs near Lorne this week, but they will still go ahead.

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  • Burnoffs continue in Otways

    Burnoffs continued on public land in the Otways at the weekend, with Forest Fire Management Victoria igniting a 20-hectare fire just north of Kennett River.

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  • Welcome return for fire team

    Colac’s fire Incident Control Centre was a hive of activity during Otways burnoffs this week, after being almost empty during planned burns last year.

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  • Chopper heads back to Canada after quiet summer

    Colac’s main firefighting helicopter has finished its bushfire season after a wet and mild summer saw little fire action.

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  • Otways burnoffs start today

    State firefighters will begin burnoffs in the Otways in coming days, after a mild summer allowed them to start autumn planned burns early.

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