A - Z Index



This site allows you to quickly find a fire-related topic of interest on the DEPI website from the following A - Z index.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A
Aircraft
Alpine Fires 2002-2003
Annual Reports - DEPI
Ash Wednesday
Awards - annual Victorian Fire Awareness Awards

B
Black Friday 1939 Victorian Bushfires
Black Friday 1939 Bushfires - ABC On-line Documentary
Biodiversity and fire
Bureau of Meteorology - Victorian weather forecasts, including fire weather - links to external website
Burning off on private land
Burns - Planned Burning
Burns Today - location of current planned burns
Burn maps - planned burns proposed for next 3 years
Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre - links to external website
Bushfire history - major bushfires in Victoria
Bushfire - major reviews and inquiries
Bushfire recovery - DEPI's role
Bushfire recovery information - current programs
Bushfire risk management in Victoria’s high country

C
Campfire safety
Cape Liptrap Coastal Park and Waratah Bay – Shallow Inlet Coastal Reserve - fire management plan
Careers in fire management
Causes - bushfires
CFA (Country Fire Authority) - links to external website
Class A foam- fire retardant

Clearing native vegetation for fire season - interim planning provisions
Code of Practice for Bushfire Management on Public Land
Communications - networks used by fire agencies
Contact DEPI fire management
Country Fire Authority (CFA) - links to external website

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D
Deliberate lighting of bushfires
Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science - University of Melbourne - links to external website
Department of Human Services (DHS) - emergency assistance - links to external website

E
Eastern Victorian Fires 2003
Ecological Burning
Ecological effects of fire
Education
Effects of fire on the environment
Emergencies other than bushfire
Emergency broadcasters - radio frequencies + TV station
Emergency Management Manual - Victoria - links to external website
Employment in firefighting
ENRC - Inquiry into the Impacts of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria 2007/8
Equipment & Machinery - use of during Fire Restrictions
Equipment - DEPI firefighting equipment
Erickson Aircrane
Essential water replacement and firefighting

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F
Firefighters - Employment with DEPI
Fire Agencies
Fire Awareness Awards
Fire and Biodiversity
Fire and the Environment
Fire bans / restrictions
Firebreaks - see strategic fuelbreaks
Fire Danger Period - declaration of
Fire Ecology
Fire Equipment
Fire Management Plan - Cape Liptrap Coastal Park and Waratah Bay–Shallow Inlet Coastal Reserve
Fire Management Zones
Fire Management Plans - see Fire Protection Plans
Fire Operation Plans
Fire Prevention
Fire Protected Area
Fire Protection Plans
Fire Retardant
Fire Restrictions
Fire Season 2002 - 2003
Fire Season 2005/2006 Operational Reviews
Fire Season 2006/2007 Operational Reviews
Fire Services Commissioner
Fires Today
Fire Suppression
Fire Spotting Towers
FLIR - Forward Looking Infra Red scanners
Flora and Fauna - impact of fires
Flora monitoring protocols for planned burning - Research Report 74
Foam - Class A Foam used for firefighting
Forest and Ecosystem Science - Department of - University of Melbourne - links to external website
Forestry
Fuelbreaks
Fuel Reduction Burning - planned burning

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G
Grants - Fire Awareness Awards
Guidelines and Procedures for Ecological Burning on Public land in Victoria

H
Health - bushfire safety and health
Health and Fitness - firefighter employment
History of Fire Management
Helicopters

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I
Information Services - Fire
Information Victoria - for purchasing DEPI fire publications
Inquiries - major reviews and inquiries into bushfire management in Victoria
Inquiry - ENRC inquiry into the Impacts of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria 2007/8
Integrated Fire Management Planning (IFMP) - links to external website
Interim report - Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission 2009
International Fire Agencies
Investigation of fire causes - individual fires

J
Jobs in fire management

K

L
Legislation
Lightning
Linton bushfire - 1998


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M
Major Bushfires - since 1851
Mapping - aerial mapping systems
MFB - Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board - links to external website
Mission and Responsibilities
Monitoring - Flora monitoring protocols - for planned burning

N
Native vegetation - planning provisions for clearing native vegetation

O
Office of the Fire Services Commissioner - links to external website
Office of Emergency Services Commissioner - links to external website
Operational Reviews-Fire Season 2005/2006
Operational Reviews-Fire Season 2006/2007
Other Emergencies
Other Fire Organisations
Overseas Employment Applications

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P
Parks Victoria - links to external website
Permits - on public land for Fire Prohibited Period and Total Fire Ban
Photo Gallery - bushfire events
Planned burning
Planned burns - ignited today
Planning - Fire Operations Plans and Fire Protection Plans
Plant and Heavy Equipment
Private land - burning off
Private land - clearing native vegetation - interim planning provisions
Prohibited Period
Project Firefighters
Publications

Q

R
Radio frequencies - official emergency broadcasters
RACV Grant
Rappel firefighters
Recovery - 2009 fires
Recovery - 2005-2006 fires - Ministerial Taskforce Report [PDF File - 574.8 KB]
Recovery - 2003 fires
Replacement - water replacement and firefighting
Report of the Inquiry into Alpine Fires 2002-2003 - links to external website
Research Reports
Restrictions
Retardant
Reviews - major reviews and inquiries into bushfire management in Victoria
Road Management Plan - draft for consultation 2009
Royal Commission - Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission 2009
Royal Commission - Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission 1939

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S
Safety and Health
Safety - travelling in bushfire-prone areas
Seasonal Firefighting Employment with DEPI
State Aircraft Unit
Statistics - fires on public land in Victoria
Strategic fuelbreaks
Suppression

T
Tankers
Technology
Tourists - bushfire safety
Total Fire Bans
Trees - managing dangerous trees

U
University of Melbourne - Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science - links to external website

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V
Vegetation management - clearing native vegetation for fire season
Vehicles - DEPI firefighting vehicles
Victorian Bushfire Information Line (VBIL)
Victorian Bushfire Inquiry 2002-2003 - links to external website
Victorian Bushfire Inquiry 2002-2003 - Government response - links to external document
Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission 2009

W
Water bombing aircraft
Water replacement and firefighting
Weather - see Fire Danger Ratings
Wildlife affected by bushfires

X

Y

Z
Zones - fire management zones

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