Forest Fire Management Victoria

  • Fire recruits ready for action

    Seventeen new forest firefighting recruits have been going through their paces as they prepare to protect the Otway district this fire season.

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  • Fire crew arrives for busy summer

    Colac’s main firefighting helicopter has returned to the region for summer, ready to protect the Otway district from fire.

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  • Have your say on falls upgrade

    The Otways community can have its say on designs for updated facilities at a popular natural landmark.

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  • Ocean Road burnoffs set to start soon

    Spring burnoffs will start around Great Ocean Road towns in coming weeks.

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  • Forest burnoff in district

    Forest Fire Management Victoria ignited a 27-hectare forest burnoff near Gellibrand at the weekend.

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  • Mulch work moves west

    A mulching program around Otways district towns has moved further west this week in a bid to reduce bushfire risks by removing fuel loads.

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  • Focus turns to mulching as Otways get wetter

    Firefighters have stepped up mulching to reduce fire fuels in the Otways, after wet autumn weather made burnoffs harder.

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  • Signs of life emerge after fire

    A bushfire-ravaged patch of Otways bushland is already showing signs of recovery from the past summer.

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