Park & Forest Closures
Many of Victoria’s parks and forests are in bushfire prone areas. While they are great places to enjoy, during some weather conditions they are not safe places to be.
On Code Red Fire Danger Rating days, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria will be closing parks and state forests to the public.
For your own safety, do not enter parks or forests - and if you are already there, you should leave the night before or early in the morning on a Code Red Fire Danger Rating day. You may not receive a personal warning or see signs telling you that the park or forest is closed.
Code Red park and forest closures factsheet - updated November 2010
[PDF File - 255.1 KB]
Code Red park and forest closures factsheet - updated November 2010 (accessible version)
[MS Word Document - 87.5 KB]
To check if a park or forest will be closed on a Code Red Fire Danger Rating day, you need to know which Fire Danger Rating district it is located in. Follow these steps.
- Visit interactive Forest Explorer Online map
- Click on the Layers tab (top left corner of screen)
- Click on the Forest Activity folder in the layers frame (right side of screen)
- Click in the check box to turn on the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) Forecast District layer in the Forest Activity/Regulation folder.
- Locate the park or forest, and note which district it is located in.
- Check if this district has a Code Red Fire Danger Rating by visiting the CFA website
Visit Parks Victoria to view the list of parks operated by Parks Victoria that will close on a Code Red Fire Danger Rating day.
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