Current Fire Incidents

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Statewide fire situation map

FIRE STATUS:     Going     Contained     Controlled

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Statewide fire list - going, contained and controlled incidents. 0 New Fires Today |
Start
Date		 District No Incident Name Location Last Report Status Size
(Ha)		 Land
Status
07/03
 ORBOST
 17
 CANN RIVER CANN STATION
 0.5KM W OF CANN RIVER
17:10 Mar 07
 Contained
0.5
 PRIVATE PROPERTY
01/02
 BAIRNSDALE
 13
 TOSTAREE - PRINCES HWY
 6 KM ESE NOWA NOWA
 10:35 Mar 17
 Controlled
11365
 PRIVATE PROPERTY
06/03
 FAR SOUTH WEST
 4
 MT RICHMOND TELEGRAPH ROAD
 MT RICHMOND
 10:25 Mar 17
 Controlled
739
 NATIONAL PARK
02/03
 OTWAY
 1
 YEODENE - COLAC FORREST ROAD
 2 KM S YEODENE
 10:48 Mar 08
 Controlled
92
 OCCUPIED CROWN LAND
09/03
 BAIRNSDALE
 15
 BUCHAN SOUTH / QUIRE STATION
 12 KM SW BUCHAN
 10:52 Mar 17
 Controlled
26.5
 PRIVATE PROPERTY
12/12
 HEYFIELD
 10
 LONGFORD-DUTSON
6KS EAST OF LONGFORD
 11:32 Mar 17
 Controlled
23
 PROTECTED PUBLIC LAND
08/03
 HEYFIELD
 19
 DARGO-MT HURLEY
 11KM NNW DARGO
 15:53 Mar 15
 Controlled
1
 STATE FOREST
22/01
 MURRAY GOLDFIELDS
 -2
 NW 998 - CLEANUP
 BENDIGO
 11:39 Jan 22
 Controlled


22/01
 MURRAY GOLDFIELDS
 -1
 NW 999 - FLOOD RESPONSE
BENDIGO
11:25 Jan 22
 Controlled



9 Fires Listed
13:27 Thursday, 17 March 2011

Statewide fire situation summary
Information last updated:17/03/2011 1:27:10 PM
This season there have been 132 fires attended by the Department, 9 of these are yet to be declared safe.
FIRE STATUS NUMBER
GOING 0
CONTAINED 1
CONTROLLED 8
SAFE 113
SAFE - OVERRUN 0
SAFE - NOT FOUND 7
SAFE - FALSE ALARM 3
NOT FOUND 0
UNKNOWN 0
  Fire Status Definitions:
  Going A Going fire is spreading on an external edge, in whole or in part.
  Contained A Contained fire is not spreading beyond the perimeter or an external edge but requires continuous suppression action to bring about a "Controlled" situation.
  Controlled A Controlled fire requires routine patrol including occasional mopping up work.