WITH Victorians across the state preparing their property for fire season, emergency services are urging landowners to register their burn-offs online, through the Fire Permits Victoria website.
The quickest and easiest way to register your burn-off is by using the Fire Permits Victoria website at www.firepermits.vic.gov.au/notify.
However, if your burn is taking place within the next two hours, you must register your burn via the phone line on 1800 668 511. For more information about burning off safely, visit www.cfa.vic.gov.au/burnoff.
Before you notify the CFA, make sure you:
Follow regulations or laws by CFA and local council.
Notify your neighbours if the burn will generate fire and smoke.
Check the weather forecast for the day of the activity and a few days afterward.
Postpone your activity if high fire risk conditions develop.
Establish a gap in vegetation or fire break of no less than three metres cleared of all flammable material.
Have enough people to monitor, contain and extinguish the burn safely and effectively. Never leave a burn-off unattended.
