Useful Websites

Fire Authorities

Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV):

For information on the Victorian Fire Service, click here

For information on bush & grassfire safety, click here

Country Fire Authority (CFA):

For information regarding Planning and the BMO, click here

For your CFA Fire Ready Kit, click here

For a template and info on making a Bushfire Survival Plan, click here

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV):

For information on Victorian emergency responses, planned burns & current bushfires, click here

For emergency warnings and to set up alerts for your area, click here

Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic):

For information on reducing Victoria's bushfire risk, click here

Planning Property Report:

To find out if your site is within a Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) or has a Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) click here

Department of Transport and Planning (DTP):

For information on building in a BPA, click here

For information on bushfires and planning, click here

For information on vegetation removal for bushfire safety, click here

Vic Gov - Fire Planner:

For information on preparing your home for the bushfire season and creating a fire plan, click here

Digital Twin Victoria:

For a map showing Victoria's Bushfire Prone Areas, click here

Also, refer to our Bushfire Map webpage here

Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia):

For information on FPA Australia and the BPAD scheme, click here

Bushfire Resilience Inc (BRI):

For information about bushfire resilience for households in regional areas and on the urban fringe, click here

CSIRO:

For information on the CSIRO's research into bushfires , click here

For information on how to improve the bushfire resilience of your home and garden, check out the bushfire best practice guide, click here

For information on retrofitting your house to increase bushfire safety, click here

For information on landscaping around your house to increase bushfire safety, click here

Wood Solutions:

For information on all things timber related, click here

For information on building in BPA's, and to download easy to read summaries of AS3959's requirements for using timber in construction, click here

Or to go the very useful "ask an expert" page, which has a wealth of information, or to ask your own technical timber related question, click here

Servicing all of Victoria