Meredith Rural Fire Brigade

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

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.

We’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:

📍Lethbridge – Boonderoo (185 hectares)
📍Meredith – Byrne Road (66 hectares)
📍Beaufort – Barton Track (160 hectares)
📍Halls Gap – heap burns (1 hectare)
📍Dunkeld – Cooks Road (216 hectares)
📍Grampians National Park – Mount Zero Road (130 hectares)

Without planned burning and other fuel management works, bushfires will be bigger and harder for our firefighters to control.
🔥You may see or smell smoke.
👀 Watch for our crews and follow their directions.
📞 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.
🌐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

25/04/2026

Lest we forget.

24/04/2026

Please see the media release below from CFA regarding tomorrow’s conditions and burning off.

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.

🏠 Household Emergency Planning Session – Tuesday 28 April, 6pm to 9pm, Meredith Cricket Club (clubrooms)
📝 Community Emergency Management Planning Workshop – 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 👉 https://bit.ly/4rx5zpi.

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 – 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.

🚧There 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.

🔥You may see or smell smoke.

👀Watch for our crews and follow their directions.

📞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.

ℹ️Detailed 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

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

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.

16/02/2026

𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 17 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻.

In addition, our Fire Danger Rating for the day is 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘.

❓ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?
• Expect hot, dry and very windy conditions.
• If a fire starts, it will spread quickly and be extremely dangerous.

❓ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗱𝗼?
→ Make sure your 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 is in place and ready to enact.
→ Know your trigger to leave, and be prepared to act on it.
→ Remember: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Make sure you are monitoring the 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽, or other reliable sources such as 𝗔𝗕𝗖 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼.

15/02/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀?

During the 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱, hot works (such as welding, grinding, soldering and similar activities) are 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁:

• A 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 is in place to stop sparks, hot metal or slag.
• An area of at least 1.5m around the operation is 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.
• You have 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆, such as:
– a hose connected to a reticulated water supply, or
– a water spray knapsack containing 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 9 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿
• All cut-offs and hot materials are placed in 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀.
• A person is 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, with the ability and equipment to extinguish a fire.
• The fire is 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮.

⚠️ 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.

For more information:
👉 www.cfa.vic.gov.au/can