Meredith Rural Fire Brigade

Meredith Rural Fire Brigade Meredith Rural Fire Brigade is 100% Volunteer.

Established in 1911, we serve the communities of Meredith, Bamganie and Cargerie protecting over 21,600 hectares of mixed farming, state forest and township infrastructure.

Today is Smoke Alarm Action Day! CFA is joining forces with fire agencies nationwide to ignite a lifesaving mission, hig...
01/06/2026

Today is Smoke Alarm Action Day!

CFA is joining forces with fire agencies nationwide to ignite a lifesaving mission, highlighting the crucial role functional smoke alarms play. Working smoke alarms save lives, let's ensure yours is operational to protect yourself and your loved ones.

www.cfa.vic.gov.au/smokealarms

The planned burn for Byrne Rd, Meredith has commenced today. You may see or smell smoke in the area over the next couple...
13/05/2026

The planned burn for Byrne Rd, Meredith has commenced today.

You may see or smell smoke in the area over the next couple of days as a result.

Weโ€™re currently doing planned burning to keep Victoria safer from bushfires.

Want to receive a text or email when planned burns are happening near you?
Sign up for alerts on the Planned Burns Victoria website www.vic.gov.au/plannedburns.

If weather and forest conditions are right, firefighters will light the following burns in the coming days:

๐Ÿ“Lethbridge โ€“ Boonderoo (185 hectares)
๐Ÿ“Meredith โ€“ Byrne Road (66 hectares)
๐Ÿ“Beaufort โ€“ Barton Track (160 hectares)
๐Ÿ“Halls Gap โ€“ heap burns (1 hectare)
๐Ÿ“Dunkeld โ€“ Cooks Road (216 hectares)
๐Ÿ“Grampians National Park โ€“ Mount Zero Road (130 hectares)

Without planned burning and other fuel management works, bushfires will be bigger and harder for our firefighters to control.
๐Ÿ”ฅYou may see or smell smoke.
๐Ÿ‘€ Watch for our crews and follow their directions.
๐Ÿ“ž If you experience symptoms that may be due to smoke exposure, please seek medical advice or call NURSE-ON-CALL on 1300 60 60 24.
๐ŸŒDetailed information about current air quality throughout Victoria can be found at www.epa.vic.gov.au

Unexpected weather conditions can mean plans change at the last minute and a burn may not go ahead, even if communities have already been notified. When this happens, our crews will continue to monitor the conditions and re-schedule the burn for a later date.

VicEmergency - Grampians
Golden Plains Shire Council
Pyrenees Shire Council
Beaufort Fire Brigade - CFA District 16
Meredith Rural Fire Brigade

Lest we forget.
25/04/2026

Lest we forget.

Please see the media release below from CFA regarding tomorrowโ€™s conditions and burning off.
24/04/2026

Please see the media release below from CFA regarding tomorrowโ€™s conditions and burning off.

Golden Plains Shire Council will be hosting 2 community disaster resilience sessions in Meredith - a Household Emergency...
22/04/2026

Golden Plains Shire Council will be hosting 2 community disaster resilience sessions in Meredith - a Household Emergency Planning Session and a Community Emergency Management Workshop.

Please see the council's website for further information.

Meredith - let's get prepared, together! Join our new Community Disaster Resilience Program.

๐Ÿ  Household Emergency Planning Session โ€“ Tuesday 28 April, 6pm to 9pm, Meredith Cricket Club (clubrooms)
๐Ÿ“ Community Emergency Management Planning Workshop โ€“ Saturday 30 May, 10am to 4pm, Meredith Cricket Club (clubrooms)

Learn, plan, and build resilience with your community.

To read more and to register, visit ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4rx5zpi.

There will be a planned burn in Meredith over the coming days. You may see or smell smoke in the area.
17/04/2026

There will be a planned burn in Meredith over the coming days. You may see or smell smoke in the area.

If weather and forest conditions are suitable, firefighters from the Midlands District will ignite the Meredith โ€“ Byrne Road planned burn on Monday 20 April.

The 66 hectares burn is being undertaken to reduce risk of bushfire to Meredith and surrounding communities.

The burn will be ignited over one day. FFMVic crews will continue to patrol and monitor in the days following.

๐ŸšงThere will be traffic management controllers and speed restrictions in place along the Meredith-Steiglitz Road.

Without planned burning and other fuel management works, bushfires will be bigger and harder for our firefighters to control.

๐Ÿ”ฅYou may see or smell smoke.

๐Ÿ‘€Watch for our crews and follow their directions.

๐Ÿ“žIf you experience symptoms that may be due to smoke exposure, please seek medical advice or call NURSE-ON-CALL on 1300 60 60 24.

โ„น๏ธDetailed information about current air quality throughout Victoria can be found at www.epa.vic.gov.au

Unexpected weather conditions can mean plans change at the last minute and a burn may not go ahead, even if communities have already been notified.

When this happens, our crews will continue to monitor the conditions and re-schedule the burn for a later date.

Want to receive a text or email when planned burns are happening near you?

Sign up for alerts on the Planned Burns Victoria website vic.gov.au/plannedburns

The Fire Danger Period has been amended for Golden Plains Shire, and will now be lifted as of 1:00am, Monday April 13th....
08/04/2026

The Fire Danger Period has been amended for Golden Plains Shire, and will now be lifted as of 1:00am, Monday April 13th.

For more information: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/firedangerperiod

VicEmergency has issued a Watch and Act for thunderstorm/s in our area.
27/02/2026

VicEmergency has issued a Watch and Act for thunderstorm/s in our area.

** This warning has been updated. Stay informed: www.emergency.vic.gov.au **

WATCH & ACT - THUNDERSTORM - Prepare To Take Shelter
Incident Location: parts of Central and South West
Issue Date: Friday 27 February 2026, 03:57 pm
Next Update: Friday 27 February 2026, 07:00 pm

This Watch and Act message is being issued for Cressy, Shelford, Bannockburn, Meredith, Buninyong, Ballan and Bacchus Marsh.
- The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
- Intense rainfall within the warning area may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours.

Prepare to take shelter and be aware of potential hazards caused by the severe weather. Hazards include floodwater, debris and trees down.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 17 ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป.In addition, our Fire Danger Rating for the day...
16/02/2026

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† 17 ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป.

In addition, our Fire Danger Rating for the day is ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜.

โ“ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป?
โ€ข Expect hot, dry and very windy conditions.
โ€ข If a fire starts, it will spread quickly and be extremely dangerous.

โ“ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ?
โ†’ Make sure your ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป is in place and ready to enact.
โ†’ Know your trigger to leave, and be prepared to act on it.
โ†’ Remember: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Make sure you are monitoring the ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ, or other reliable sources such as ๐—”๐—•๐—– ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€?During the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, hot works (such as welding, grinding, soldering and similar activ...
15/02/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€?

During the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, hot works (such as welding, grinding, soldering and similar activities) are ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜:

โ€ข A ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ is in place to stop sparks, hot metal or slag.
โ€ข An area of at least 1.5m around the operation is ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป.
โ€ข You have ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†, such as:
โ€“ a hose connected to a reticulated water supply, or
โ€“ a water spray knapsack containing ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ 9 ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
โ€ข All cut-offs and hot materials are placed in ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.
โ€ข A person is ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, with the ability and equipment to extinguish a fire.
โ€ข The fire is ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ.

โš ๏ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€.

For more information:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.cfa.vic.gov.au/can

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