Victorian 2009 Bush Fire Report
Commissioned by the Victorian National Parks Association, Australian Conservation Foundation and The Wilderness Society, this report analyses the driving influences of the February 7 Victorian bushfires and how they passed through and affected different areas.
Bushfire Truths:
43% state forest
29% private land
5% plantations
23% National Parks
Download individual sections
1.0 Introduction and table of contents (164kb pdf)
2.0 Conditions leading up to the February fires (228kb pdf)
3.0 Rating the conditions of 7 February (50kb pdf)
4.0 Weather conditions and wildfires ignited on 7 February 2009 (74kb pdf)
5.0 Selected major fires ignited on 7 February 2009
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5.0-5.2.3 Overview, Kilmore East/Kinglake fire
(1mb pdf)
5.2.4-5.2.7 (655kb pdf)
- 5.3-5.3.3 Murrindidi fire (1.5mb pdf)
- 5.34-5.38 Overall Murrindidi/Kilmore complex (1.1mb pdf)
- 5.4-5.5.7 Churchill fires (1.68mb pdf)
6.0 Other fires in Victoria (166kb pdf)
7.0 Overall area fire affected (40kb pdf)
8.0-9.0 Fire danger and changing climate patterns / Fuel reduction burns and extreme fire danger index (108kb pdf)
10 Conclusions (44kb pdf)
References (74kb pdf)