Fire

Prevention

• The CFA has lots of resources to help you understand your fire risk and know what to do before and during a fire.
• Each ratepayer and resident is responsible for protecting both their property and others by ensuring their properties are cleared prior to the summer season each year.
• Slashing guide for fire prevention CFA North East Region Slashing Guide(PDF, 869KB)

• Understand the importance of leaving early and having a bushfire survival plan if you live or holiday in high-risk bushfire area of Victoria. Visit CFA - Plan Prepare and Leave Early  for further information.

• You don’t need to live near the bush to be at risk of fire, grassfire can be just as dangerous as bushfire.

• For further information visit CFA - Before and During a Fire. 

• Agriculture Victoria’s Fire Preparedness Toolkit is designed to assist farmers and land managers to prepare their farm.

Fire Danger Period & Total Fire Ban

The CFA Chief Officer has endorsed the introduction of the declared Fire Danger Period for all municipalities within the CFA District 22 area, including Moira Shire. 

• Find out what you can and can’t do during the declared Fire Danger Period, and on days of Total Fire Ban, when fires in open air are legally restricted visit CFA - Warnings & Restrictions. 

• During the declared fire danger period, a Permit to Burn in the rural area for farming purposes, must be obtained before any fire may be lit in the open. No fire may be lit on a day of Total Fire Ban.

Click here to view the Municipal Fire Management Plan 2025(PDF, 3MB)