Emergency Response Times

2025/26 (Quarter 1) - 01 July to 30 September 2025

Key Findings

• Overall statewide compliance with the Community Service Delivery Standards was 78.7 percent.
• CFA responded to a total of 6,276 incidents in Quarter 1 of 2025-26, compared to 6,087 incidents in Quarter 1 of 2024-25.
• There were two fire-related fatalities in Quarter 1, and both incidents were SDS compliant.

CFA Service Delivery

CFA delivers services to the community through a network of over 52,000 volunteers operating out of more than 1,200 rural and urban brigades across Victoria. CFA also employs around 1,000 Professional, Technical and Administrative staff to support service delivery.

CFA uses its network of brigades to respond to emergency events, including structure fires, bush and grass fires, road crashes and vehicle fires. CFA brigades also respond alongside Fire Rescue Victoria and other emergency service organisations.

Outcomes infographic

Maps of Emergency Response Times

Tables of Emergency Response Times

 

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