Country Fire Authority (CFA)CFA Community Safety
Warnings & Advice Information Hotline Community Meetings
Total Fire Bans Fire Restrictions Can I or Can't I Fire Danger Period
Volunteering Career Firefighting Lateral Entry Positions Vacant CFA Medals
What we do Our Structure Locations History Fire Star Training Equipment Funding Strategic Direction Supporting CFA
Your Home Summer Fire Safety Farms and Property Building a Home Community Programs Check your Hot Spots
Dangerous Goods Emergency Plans False Alarms Farms and Property Fire Equipment Forest Industry Gas Safety Inspections Training
Fire Prevention Roadside Management Land Use Planning Emergency Management
CK and Friends Activities Project Information Junior Volunteers
Programs Resources Curriculum Maps Emergency Planning

Living with Fire (formerly Fire Ready Victoria Strategy)

People who live in a high fire risk area need to develop a practical bushfire survival plan and be prepared.

Living with Fire is a joint agency initiative, involving strategies for community development, communication, education and empowerment in relation to wildfire and planned burning in Victoria. Implementation activities incorporate a range of communication campaigns, educational programs, community development programs and engagement activities across the wildfire PPRR continuum.

As part of Living with Fire CFA currently delivers:

Fire Ready Victoria Meeting
  • Fire Ready Victoria Preparedness Meetings and Community Meetings - Interactive community meetings on street corners, or in local halls and fire stations that focus on basic bushfire behaviour, personal safety, house survival and recognition of local risk. Search for a list of scheduled meetings
  • Bushfire Planning Workshops - Facilitated workshops are run in local communities to assist residents in developing a bushfire survival plan.
  • Community Fireguard - Specially trained facilitators assist community groups to develop bushfire survival strategies that suit their lifestyle, environment and values. See Community Fireguard
  • Media campaigns - including print and electronic media.

Living with Fire( formerly Fire Ready Victoria Strategy)

The four agencies partnered in Living with Fire are CFA, DSE, MFB and DHS The Living with Fire partnership is based on principles of cooperation and collaboration to ensure that resources are directed towards integrated service delivery to maximise community safety outcomes. Living with Fire is underpinned by evidenced based research as all partners contribute the specialist knowledge and skills of their organisation to the broader goals of a strong resilient and fire safe Victoria.

There are many opportunities for the four agencies to identify new projects and initiatives to complement the existing activities.

 

Victoria The Place To Be Logo