To commence from 0100 hours on 14 December 2020:

• Macedon Ranges Shire Council

• Ballarat City Council

• Hepburn Shire Council

• Moorabool Shire Council

• Golden Plains Shire Council

• Melton City Council

• Hume City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Banyule City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Nillumbik Shire Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Whittlesea City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Wyndham City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Latrobe City Council

• East Gippsland Shire Council

• Baw Baw Shire Council

• South Gippsland Shire Council

• Ararat Rural City Council (Remainder)

• Pyrenees Shire Council (Remainder)

• Wellington Shire Council

• Bass Coast Shire Council

• Cardinia Shire Council

• Casey City Council

• Frankston City Council

• Greater Dandenong City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Kingston City Council (those portions not included in the area formerly known as the Metropolitan Fire District as at 30 June 2020)

• Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

• Colac Otway Shire Council

• Corangamite Shire Council

• Borough of Queenscliffe

• Greater Geelong City Council

• Surf Coast Shire Council

Jason Heffernan

Chief Officer

To commence from 0100 hours on 7 December 2020:

• Mitchell Shire Council

• Murrindindi Shire Council

• Mansfield Shire Council

• Mount Buller and Mount Stirling Resort Management Board

• Mount Alexander Shire Council

• Glenelg Shire Council

• Ararat Rural City Council (Northern Part) That part north of the line described by the following: From the Shire boundary, east along Jimmys Creek Road to Mafeking Road to the Moyston – Dunkeld Road to Andrews Lane to Coopers Road to Helendoite Road to Tatyoon North Road to Mount Challicum Road to Hammonds Road to Old Geelong Road to the Shire boundary.

Jason Heffernan

Chief Officer

IN PURSUANCE of the powers conferred by Section 4 of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958, I, Alen Slijepcevic, Acting Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority, after consultation with the Secretary to the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, hereby declare the following periods to be the Fire Danger Period in the municipal districts of the municipalities or parts of municipalities specified, commencing on the dates shown and, unless varied by subsequent declaration, ending at 0100 hours on 1 May 2021.

To commence from 0100 hours on 30 November 2020:

• Northern Grampians Shire Council

• Pyrenees Shire Council (Northern Part) That part north and east of the line described by the following: Shire Boundary at old Geelong Road to St Marnocks Road then south to Mt William Rd then north to Meadows Lane to Beaufort Carranballac Road to Stockyard Hill Wangaratta Road then south along Stockyard Hill Road to Carngham-Streatham Road east to Mortchup Mount Emu Road south to Chepstowe Pittong Road to Shire Boundary

• Benalla Rural City Council

• Wangaratta Rural City Council

• Alpine Shire Council

• Indigo Shire Council

• Towong Shire Council

• Wodonga City Council

• Falls Creek Alpine Resort Management Board

• Mount Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board

• West Wimmera Shire Council (Remainder)

• Horsham Rural City Council (Remainder)

• Central Goldfields Shire Council

• Greater Bendigo City Council

• Southern Grampians Shire Council (Northern Part) – That part north of Mountain Dam, Old Henty Highway, Billywing Road, Goat Track and Syphon Road (north to Glenelg River)

• Southern Grampians Shire Council (Central Part) – (Commencing from the east) North of the Shire boundary, Wannon River, Ridge Rd.

To commence from 0100 hours on 16 November 2020: 

• Yarriambiack Shire Council (Central Part) That part north of the line described by the following: Dimboola - Minyip Road, Stawell - Warracknabeal Road, C Loats Road and Donald - Murtoa Road.

• Hindmarsh Shire Council (Northern Part) That part north of the line described by the following: Sanders Road, Netting Fence track, Netting Fence Road easterly to Perkins Road, Pullet West Road, Pullet East Road and Galaquil West Road. [Formerly known as the wire netting fence].

Chief Officer