Pollyana

If you can't get onto your local Fire website then monitor Twitter and/or ABC and other local radio stations.

A few links:


http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au

https://twitter.com/CFA_Updates

http://incidentalert.com.au/iav4/vemapv2.asp

http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?page...rrentBushfires

https://twitter.com/TasFireService

http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/news_m..._incidents.jsp

http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/media/media_releases.jsp



Have a bushfire plan ready and stick to it.

Pollyana

NSW

Fire Weather Warning
for the Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, Far South Coast, Monaro Alpine, Southern Ranges, Central Ranges, Lower Central West Plains, Southern Slopes, Eastern Riverina, Southern Riverina, Northern Riverina and Far Western fire areas

Issued at 4:58 am EDT on Tuesday 8 January 2013.
Weather Situation

Continued hot to very hot, dry and windy conditions ahead of a gusty south to southwesterly change over southern and central New South Wales will result in a Catastrophic to Extreme Fire Danger Rating for most of the southeast of the state, and a Severe Fire Danger Rating for the northwest inland on Tuesday.
For the rest of Tuesday 8 January:

Catastrophic Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire areas:
Illawarra/Shoalhaven and Southern Ranges
The NSW Rural Fire Service warns that any bush fire that starts has the potential to cause significant loss of life and destroy many homes.

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire areas:
Greater Sydney Region, Monaro Alpine, Central Ranges, Lower Central West Plains, Southern Slopes, Eastern Riverina, Southern Riverina and Northern Riverina
The NSW Rural Fire Service warns that any bush fire that starts has the potential to cause loss of life and destroy many homes.

Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire areas:
Greater Hunter, Far South Coast and Far Western
The NSW Rural Fire Service warns that any bush fire that starts has the potential to threaten lives and destroy homes.

Pollyana

ACT

FIRE WEATHER WARNING

for the Australian Capital Territory

Issued at 4:56 am EDT on Tuesday 8 January 2013.
Weather Situation

Continued very hot, dry and windy conditions will result in an Extreme Fire Danger Rating for the ACT on Tuesday.
For the rest of Tuesday 8 January:

Extreme Fire Danger in the following fire area:
Australian Capital Territory
The ACT Rural Fire Service warns that any bush fire that starts has the potential to cause loss of life and destroy many homes.

Pollyana

VIC

Fire Weather Warning
for the Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country and North East forecast districts

Issued at 5:24 am EDT on Tuesday 8 January 2013.
Weather Situation

Hot and dry conditions and fresh westerly winds will develop by the afternoon in northern parts of the State.
For the rest of Tuesday 8 January:

Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following forecast districts:
Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country and North East

Pollyana

SA

Fire Weather Warning
for the North West Pastoral, North East Pastoral, West Coast, Flinders, Mid North, Riverland and Murraylands forecast districts

Issued at 6:37 am CDT on Tuesday 8 January 2013.
Weather Situation

Hot to very hot. Northerly winds 20-30 km/h northeast of Marla to Yunta. South to southwesterly winds otherwise, increasing to 35-50 km/h during the afternoon and extending through the northeast of the State during the evening.
For the rest of Tuesday 8 January:

Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following forecast districts:
North West Pastoral, North East Pastoral, West Coast, Flinders, Mid North, Riverland and Murraylands
The Country Fire Service advises that fires burning under these conditions are likely to be fast-moving and uncontrollable.

Pollyana

QLD

FIRE WEATHER WARNING
for the Channel Country and Maranoa and Warrego districts and parts of the
Darling Downs and Granite Belt district.
Issued at 11:16am EST on Tuesday the 8th of January 2013
for Wednesday.

A trough is currently located over central New South Wales and is expected to
move northwards into southwestern Queensland during Wednesday.

Hot to Very Hot, dry and gusty W to NW winds to the northeast of the trough and
hot, dry and gusty SW to SE winds to the southwest of the trough are expected to
cause the following conditions on Wednesday:

Severe Fire Danger in the Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego and western parts
of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts. Temperatures up to 46 degrees,
relative humidity to less than 10% and winds up to 45 km/hr are expected.
Locations likely to be affected include Boulia, Bedourie, Birdsville, Windorah,
Quilpie, Thargomindah, Cunnamulla, Charleville, Roma, St George and Goondiwindi.

Pollyana

WA

Fire Weather Warning
for the Central Wheat Belt, Gascoyne, Inland Central West, West Pilbara Coast, Exmouth Gulf Coast, Goldfields, Eucla, South Interior and Upper Great Southern fire weather districts

Issued at 8:46 am WST on Tuesday 8 January 2013.
Weather Situation

Very hot with gusty sea breezes near the west Pilbara coast and Gascoyne coast. Gusty southeasterly winds over the Eucla. Very hot conditions east of a surface trough over inland parts of the SW Land Division.
For the rest of Tuesday 8 January:

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather district:
Gascoyne Coast

Severe Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Central Wheat Belt, Inland Central West, West Pilbara Coast, Exmouth Gulf Coast, Gascoyne Inland, Goldfields, Eucla, South Interior and Upper Great Southern

Pollyana

Wherever you are, be aware of the weather around you, there are currently hot, dry, gusty conditions in many areas not usually prone to fires.

Dial 000 in an emergency and/or life-threatening situation.

If you get an automated alert by landline or mobile heed the advice.Emergency Alerts are only sent when essential and should be listened to and acted on. Same with advice from local emergency services workers - heed it.

Review your bushfire plans, make sure everyone in the household is aware of what is in the plan, children included, and make sure they know what to do and where to shelter if necessary. If your plan is to leave, make sure you all know at what point tomleave and where to gather afterwards and stick to the plan.

STAY SAFE. Don't be heroes, just be safe.

Pollyana

There is also a very serious fire danger in many places not specifically covered by the warnings.

Many fires are still burning in Tasmania and impacing homes. Many other fires are sparking up in other States. Just because there may not be a specific warning for your area, don't get complacent, be aware of what is happening around you. As the residents of southern Tasmania will tell you, it only takes minutes to destroy a town.

asprilla

FYI, here is a map covering NSW fire alerts... I couldn't see one in the first post of this thread.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-0...rnings/4456338

Pollyana

Fab, every link helps

I know its usually me posting in here but everyone is welcome!!

asprilla

yeah, sorry I didn't want to intrude! but I thought it might help.

Pollyana

Definitely not intruding! The more people post in this forum the better when things like the Fires are going on - specially as thats usually the times I'm busy at work so all I can do is cut, paste, and run

IvanM

NSW is getting dangerous today. Keep an eye out on the websites above.

quoll

Big fires in Gippy at the moment I see - any news on them?