Fire Incident Links
Local Stubble burns
If you see smoke on a calm day it might be a stubble burn
Click here to see the latest list of burns
Preparation: How to get ready
CFA Public information home page. The official source.
www.cfa.vic.gov.au/home
CFA Plan and prepare pages. Lots of good tips. PREPARE EARLY!
https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare
Leave early or stay and defend?
Click here to help decide. Gripping Four Corners program "Black Summer" 49 mins.
If you see smoke on a calm day it might be a stubble burn
Click here to see the latest list of burns
Preparation: How to get ready
CFA Public information home page. The official source.
www.cfa.vic.gov.au/home
CFA Plan and prepare pages. Lots of good tips. PREPARE EARLY!
https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare
Leave early or stay and defend?
Click here to help decide. Gripping Four Corners program "Black Summer" 49 mins.
Weather: Now, and into the future.
Official weather. Mortlake aerodrome. Official Bureau of Meteorology 1/2 hour data here.
www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60801/IDV60801.94840.shtml
Weatherzone gives figures now and predicts the future weather for 7 days.
www.weatherzone.com.au/vic/south-west/lismore
A norwegian weather site does the same for 9 days, or by the hour.
https://www.yr.no/place/Australia/Victoria/Mortlake/
Windy give lots of information including lightning strikes. Very versatile. Explore....
https://www.windy.com/-Show---add-more-layers/overlays?temp,-37.645,143.873,9
Meteye gives wind and temperature into the future. Simpler than Windy.
www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/?loc=TAS_FA001
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Official weather. Mortlake aerodrome. Official Bureau of Meteorology 1/2 hour data here.
www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60801/IDV60801.94840.shtml
Weatherzone gives figures now and predicts the future weather for 7 days.
www.weatherzone.com.au/vic/south-west/lismore
A norwegian weather site does the same for 9 days, or by the hour.
https://www.yr.no/place/Australia/Victoria/Mortlake/
Windy give lots of information including lightning strikes. Very versatile. Explore....
https://www.windy.com/-Show---add-more-layers/overlays?temp,-37.645,143.873,9
Meteye gives wind and temperature into the future. Simpler than Windy.
www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/?loc=TAS_FA001
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What is happening? Fire radio
The official fire updates are ABC 594 AM, ABC 774 AM, ABC FM 107.9 FM, ACE 1134 AM.
www.abc.net.au/news/emergency
EMV information page. Has official media releases, warnings. Mapping may be delayed.
http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
Phone app: Vic Emergency. Ditto. Download it now and set it up.
Vicroads (works and closures) https://traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/
Listen to emergency callout radio live. Plays callout channels, (not fireground channels).
www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/19010
Phone app: Broadcastify. (This uses lots of data so you need an unlimited phone plan)
Scanning radios: You can buy a scanner to listen to all emergency radio channels. Pricey!!
Click here for example Uniden UBCD436-PT $750 on ebay. Expensive and difficult to use.
Social Media:
EMV facebook. Official releases. They may start a separate page for a big fire.
https://www.facebook.com/vicemergency/
EMV twitter. Official releases. Continually updated with links and maps.
https://twitter.com/vicemergency/
Corangamite Shire facebook. Very good for the recovery stage of a fire.
https://www.facebook.com/CorangamiteShire/
Shire twitter page. May be useful for the tweets from the public.
twitter.com/corangamitesc
Lismore CFA Group facebook. Not official. May have faster information, and from several sources.
https://www.facebook.com/CFALismoreGroup1
Mount Elephant firecam facebook. Photos of local fires from the summit.
Not official. May be delayed.
https://www.facebook.com/Firecam-Mount-Elephant-287240355457384/
The official fire updates are ABC 594 AM, ABC 774 AM, ABC FM 107.9 FM, ACE 1134 AM.
www.abc.net.au/news/emergency
EMV information page. Has official media releases, warnings. Mapping may be delayed.
http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/
Phone app: Vic Emergency. Ditto. Download it now and set it up.
Vicroads (works and closures) https://traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/
Listen to emergency callout radio live. Plays callout channels, (not fireground channels).
www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/19010
Phone app: Broadcastify. (This uses lots of data so you need an unlimited phone plan)
Scanning radios: You can buy a scanner to listen to all emergency radio channels. Pricey!!
Click here for example Uniden UBCD436-PT $750 on ebay. Expensive and difficult to use.
Social Media:
EMV facebook. Official releases. They may start a separate page for a big fire.
https://www.facebook.com/vicemergency/
EMV twitter. Official releases. Continually updated with links and maps.
https://twitter.com/vicemergency/
Corangamite Shire facebook. Very good for the recovery stage of a fire.
https://www.facebook.com/CorangamiteShire/
Shire twitter page. May be useful for the tweets from the public.
twitter.com/corangamitesc
Lismore CFA Group facebook. Not official. May have faster information, and from several sources.
https://www.facebook.com/CFALismoreGroup1
Mount Elephant firecam facebook. Photos of local fires from the summit.
Not official. May be delayed.
https://www.facebook.com/Firecam-Mount-Elephant-287240355457384/
Eye in the Sky. Satellite tracking: Maybe 12 hrs delay. Shows the hot spots.
NASA EODIS worldview. Can select which satellites to use. maybe 12 hrs delay.
worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
NASA FIRMS (Fire Information Resource Tracking System) Very versatile. Explore it.
firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
Sentinel hotspots. Maybe 12 hrs delay, but accurate.
https://hotspots.dea.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/kml_data.shtml
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NASA EODIS worldview. Can select which satellites to use. maybe 12 hrs delay.
worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
NASA FIRMS (Fire Information Resource Tracking System) Very versatile. Explore it.
firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
Sentinel hotspots. Maybe 12 hrs delay, but accurate.
https://hotspots.dea.ga.gov.au/acres/sentinel/kml_data.shtml
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Behaviour Prediction: How dangerous? (On a bad day a grassfire may travel at 8 - 10 km per hour, with flames about 3 times the height of the fuel).
Grassland Fire Danger Index calculator. You enter the numbers to get rate of spread, etc.
(The numbers to enter are on the mortlake aerodrome site above.)
https://gympieweather.com/mcarthur5.htm
Grassland Fire Danger Index calculator. You enter the numbers to get rate of spread, etc.
(The numbers to enter are on the mortlake aerodrome site above.)
https://gympieweather.com/mcarthur5.htm
Phone Numbers
Police, Fire , Ambulance. 000 or 112
(You will be asked for the street number and nearest cross-street. Also your phone number).
Vic Emergency Hotline 1800 240 667
State Emergency Service 132 500
24 Hour Nurse On Call 1300 606 024
Police Assistance 13 14 44
Road Closures 13 11 70 (business hours)
Corangamite Shire 55937 100
Police, Fire , Ambulance. 000 or 112
(You will be asked for the street number and nearest cross-street. Also your phone number).
Vic Emergency Hotline 1800 240 667
State Emergency Service 132 500
24 Hour Nurse On Call 1300 606 024
Police Assistance 13 14 44
Road Closures 13 11 70 (business hours)
Corangamite Shire 55937 100
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