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Community Information Guides for locations in Victoria that are deemed to be in high risk areas. These are mailed to residents and are available on the CFA website. The guides provide emergency contact details, a map and
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A 90-second siren at a CFA fire station indicates that CFA members are attending an emergency incident. A prolonged, 5-minute siren is targeted at the local community, indicating that there is an emergency in the area and further information should be sought.
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telephone warnings may be sent in extreme circumstances. Landlines in the emergency area receive voice messages and mobile phones (with a billing address in the emergency area) receive text messages. Emergency broadcasts are made on local
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information on preparations, planned emergency service actions and bushfire survival options. Some of these guides include designated
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much less area than fires ignited by lightning. Public utilities, such as powerlines, ignite relatively few fires, but these subsequently burn similar area to that of deliberately lit fires.
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1195:
1182:
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1156:
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1028:
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1061:20 December
1039:29 November
1008:21 November
739:Red Tuesday
612:Red Tuesday
171:Suppression
2075:Categories
1942:Queensland
1209:8 December
1187:30 October
1161:30 October
1135:30 October
1109:19 October
1083:19 October
986:30 October
960:19 October
938:19 October
912:30 October
886:19 October
866:References
510:2003 fires
221:Shepparton
602:Gippsland
506:Gippsland
502:Big River
469:Misc - 9%
458:Lightning
438:Misc - 5%
418:Lightning
278:All Clear
245:(DELWP).
201:Melbourne
104:Northeast
76:Melbourne
62:(DELWP).
44:bushfires
40:Australia
2011:Tasmania
1998:(former)
1914:(former)
1905:Victoria
1495:Victoria
1465:Tasmania
1227:Archived
840:Wildfire
834:See also
827:3 deaths
817:3 deaths
807:5 deaths
797:7 deaths
335:Planning
310:Facebook
295:Sky News
209:Ballarat
181:Victoria
84:Ballarat
36:Victoria
1789:2023–24
1784:2022–23
1779:2021–22
1774:2020–21
1769:2019–20
1764:2018–19
1759:2017–18
1754:2016–17
1749:2015–16
1744:2014–15
1739:2013–14
1734:2012–13
1729:2011–12
1724:2010–11
1719:2009–10
1714:2008–09
1709:2007–08
1704:2006–07
1699:2005–06
1694:2004–05
1689:2003–04
1684:2002–03
1679:1996–97
1674:1993–94
1669:1982–83
1664:1974–75
1659:1964–65
1654:1954–55
1649:1943–44
1644:1925–26
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562:2006-07
532:1938-39
306:Twitter
217:Mildura
213:Bendigo
205:Geelong
125:Wimmera
80:Geelong
260:Advice
223:etc..
113:&
95:Mallee
1035:. CFA
956:. CFA
460:- 46%
420:- 26%
1211:2012
1189:2010
1163:2010
1137:2010
1111:2013
1085:2013
1063:2013
1041:2012
1010:2019
988:2010
962:2013
940:2013
914:2010
888:2013
823:1997
813:1985
803:1998
793:1965
783:1977
773:1952
763:1943
749:1851
735:1898
725:1905
715:1942
705:1969
695:1962
681:1983
667:1944
653:1926
639:1939
625:2009
608:1898
598:1965
588:2009
578:1983
572:1944
552:2003
542:2020
522:1851
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