EXTREME WEATHER : Wildfires: Fires in Victoria, AUS

Bushfire Survival plan

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2010

ABS 1995 Year book. Government report.

Look for the section on Fire Weather.

ABS 2012 report uses 2010 information.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) is responsible for the care and management of public land and other natural resources in Victoria.

This brochure discusses fire frequency, intensity, season and scale of fires that various plant species within ecosystems require and how this information can be used by Victorian land managers to plan prescribed burns.

Effective fire prevention minimises bushfire damage to life, property, public land assets and values, and minimises suppression costs.

Thunderstorms increase the threat of fires starting because they cause lightning that can ignite fires. If little or no rain occurs with thunderstorms, as sometimes happens on hot days, there isn't enough rain to put out any lightning fires that start.

The following statistics for causes of fires on public land across Victoria, are based on data that has been collected over a 20-year period.