The Department of Sustainability and Environment manages fire on Victoria's 7.6 million hectares of public land, or roughly one third of the State. This includes reducing the risk of fire, containing outbreaks and managing environmental effects. Read more about DSE's role in fire management
Fire situation
What's New
- Emergency Alert goes live
Emergency Alert, the new national telephone based emergency warning system went live on 1 December. Emergency Alert can alert communities to emergencies via a voice message on landline telephones based on the location of the handset, and a text message on mobiles based on the subscribers’ billing address. Visit www.emergencyalert.gov.au
- Making Victoria Fire Ready - Vegetation clearing
New interim planning provisions have been announced to simplify residents' entitlements to clear native vegetation around their homes. View the provisions in the Native Vegetation section of the DSE website.
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