Be prepared, create a firebreak

Is your property prepared for the upcoming fire season?

If possible, make a firebreak around your home:

  • Store fuel, wood and paint away from the house
  • Trim Branches, clear the roof and gutters, remove all rubbish and leaf litter
  • Trim shrubs close to the house; keep grass short and green. See our 

    for information on contractors who can do this for you.

  • Fire wire screens to doors, windows, vents and enclose all gaps, roof eaves and the area under your house
  • Keep a ladder handy for roof access
  • Fit hoses to reach all parts of the house and garden. If water is not connected, obtain a high pressure pump
  • Check you have adequate insurance cover for bushfire
  • Write a fire plan and decide to either leave early or stay to protect your home

Urban

Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Boolarra, Churchill, Glengarry, Traralgon South, Tyers, Yallourn North, Yinnar, Flynn and Toongabbie:

  • Cut all grass, weeds etc over a height of 75 millimetres on the property and the adjoining nature strip and maintain throughout the fire danger period.
  • Cut all grass, weeds, undergrowth, etc over a height of 75 millimetres
  • Remove any other combustible material eg timber, tree pruning’s, fallen tree limbs, old car tyre’s etc
  • Form a fire break area within 30 metres of any building and 10 metres inside any boundary fence

Rural

Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Boolarra, Churchill, Glengarry, Traralgon South, Tyers, Yallourn North, Yinnar, Flynn and Toongabbie and all surrounding suburbs:

  • Ensure all grass, weeds, undergrowth, and/or combustible materials within 30 metres of any building (i.e. a dwelling or an outbuilding) are no greater than 75 millimetres in height.
  • Ensure a 10 metre fire break is provided on the inside of the property boundary by ensuring that all grass, weeds, undergrowth, and/or combustible materials etc are no greater than 75 millimetres in height, maintained throughout the fire safety period.
  • Form a fire break area within 30 metres of any building and 10 metres inside any boundary fence
  • The 10 metre boundary may by cleared by either slashing or ploughing and must be maintained throughout the fire danger period. 

Find out what you can and can't do during declared Fire Danger Periods, and on days of Total Fire Ban. 

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