Major Reviews and Inquiries into Bushfire Management in Victoria

A number of government inquiries into Victorian bushfires have been carried out since the Black Friday fires of 1939.

These reports can be accessed via links in the following table:

Year	Investigation
2009	Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission - final report.
2008	Impacts of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria Environment and Natural Resources Committee (ENRC)
2007	Operational Reviews of Major Fires in Victoria 2006/07 Ross Smith, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority
2006	Fire Season Debrief Outcomes Report 2005/06 Ross Smith, Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority. Ross Smith, Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority
	Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery - 2005/06 fires Victorian Government
2005	Examination of Prescribed Burning Practices Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria
2003	Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery 2002-3 fires Victorian Government
	National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Mr Stuart Ellis, Professor Peter Kanowski, Professor Rob Whelan
	Fire prevention and preparedness Auditor-General Victoria
	Inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria - Inquiry report on website of Department of Premier and Cabinet - Inquiry description on Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner website
1998	Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998 Contact the State Coroner's Office to request a copy.
1992	Fire protection - Special Report No. 16 Auditor General Victoria
1939	Royal Commission to Inquire into the Causes of and Measures Taken to Prevent the Bush Fires of January 1939 Commissioner Judge Leonard EB Stretton - PDF copy of scanned document available to download from State Library of Victoria website - Reference hardcopy available for viewing at State Library of Victoria. Call number 363.3709945 V66R - Selected findings of Stretton inquiry - summarised on ABC website - Black Friday fires - Selected recommendations of Stretton inquiry - summarised on ABC website - Black Friday fires