Fire Reports Request

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Find out how to obtain Fire Incident Reports and Fire Investigation Reports from CFA, including the different report types available for purchase, their purpose, and how to submit a request to the Fire Report Requests team.

Availability of fire reports

Reports provided by CFA are not intended to be used as forensic, conclusive or expert reports. CFA, including its employees, volunteers and FRV secondees make no representation as to the completeness, accuracy or suitability for any other purposes of the statements, information and observations contained in a report. It is recommended that any person reading a report conduct their own investigations and/or seek independent advice in relation to anything contained in the report.

Fire Incident Reports and/or Fire Investigation Reports are available for purchase from our Fire and Incident Reporting Systems (FIRS) department and are therefore not subject to or available through FOI.

*Any media requests for fire reports need to be sent to cfamedia@cfa.vic.gov.au.

Section 14(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 provides that a person is not entitled to obtain access under Part III to:

"a document which contains information that is available for purchase by the public in accordance with arrangements made by an agency;".

CFA has such an arrangement.

Types of reports

FIRE INCIDENT SUMMARY REPORT
This is a one page summary of the incident report. This report does not give a lot of detail however it more acts like a confirmation of fire.
FIRE INCIDENT FULL REPORT
This is a print out of all the factual information that the attending brigade were able to document in relation to this fire. It provides more information around possible cause of fire (as much as the attending brigade were able to determine) than the one page summary.
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT
The Fire Investigation Report is an inclusive factual report outlining the investigation into the possible origin and cause of fire. The report is completed by a CFA Fire Investigator for internal CFA purposes only. These purposes include data collection, statistical analysis, education and fire prevention. This type of report is not conducted and/or available on every single incident the CFA attend.

Any CFA Incident Reports provided under this process are covered by a Copyright which prohibits you giving them to any other party by any means.

To request a report, please complete and submit the form below and someone from the Fire Report Requests team will contact you. Information on applicable fees can be found on the Fees and Charges page.