With the fire season behind us, emergency services are urging landowners to register their burn offs to avoid unnecessary callouts.
The quickest and easiest way to register your burn-off is by using the Fire Permits Victoria website at www.firepermits.vic.gov.au/notify
CFA is also urging people to ensure they are picking appropriate conditions to conduct a burn-off to minimise the risk of burns escaping.
CFA Acting Chief Officer Garry Cook said with unusually warm weather this autumn people should take care.
“We have had some rainfall however people shouldn’t become complacent, burning off still needs to be done with care,” Garry said.
“If you light a fire to burn off, you own it. Please don’t leave your burn-off unattended and always make sure it is fully extinguished properly with water.”
Unregistered burn-offs can cause a spike in calls to Triple Zero (000) and unnecessary callouts for firefighters.
For more information about burning off safely, visit www.cfa.vic.gov.au/burnoff
Before you notify CFA, make sure you:
• Follow regulations or laws by CFA and local council.
• Notify your neighbours if the burn will generate fire and smoke.
• Check the weather forecast for the day of the activity and a few days afterward.
• Postpone your activity if high fire risk conditions develop.
• Establish a gap in vegetation or fire break of no less than three metres cleared of all flammable material.
• Have enough people to monitor, contain and extinguish the burn safely and effectively.
• Never leave a burn-off unattended.
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