Major reviews and inquiries into bushfire management in Victoria
A number of government inquiries into Victorian bushfires have been carried out since the Black Friday fires of 1939.
These reports can be accessed via links in the following table:
| Year | Investigation |
| 2009 | Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission - Interim report on website of Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission - State of Victoria's submissions for the interim report of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission |
| 2008 | Impacts of Public Land Management Practices on Bushfires in Victoria Environment and Natural Resources Committee (ENRC) |
| 2007 | Operational Reviews of Major Fires in Victoria 2006/07 Ross Smith, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority |
| 2006 | Fire Season Debrief Outcomes Report 2005/06 Ross Smith, Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority. Ross Smith, Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Country Fire Authority |
 | Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery - 2005/06 fires Victorian Government |
| 2005 | Examination of Prescribed Burning Practices Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria |
| 2003 | Ministerial Taskforce on Bushfire Recovery 2002-3 fires Victorian Government |
| National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Mr Stuart Ellis, Professor Peter Kanowski, Professor Rob Whelan |
| Fire prevention and preparedness Auditor-General Victoria |
| Inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria - Inquiry report on website of Department of Premier and Cabinet - Inquiry description on Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner website - Victorian Bushfire Inquiry 2002-2003 - Government response |
| 1998 | Investigation and Inquests into a Wildfire and the Deaths of Five Firefighters at Linton on 2 December 1998 Contact the State Coroner's Office to request a copy. |
| 1992 | Fire protection - Special Report No. 16 Auditor General Victoria |
| 1939 | Royal Commission to Inquire into the Causes of and Measures Taken to Prevent the Bush Fires of January 1939 Commissioner Judge Leonard EB Stretton - PDF copy of scanned document available to download from State Library of Victoria website - Reference hardcopy available for viewing at State Library of Victoria. Call number 363.3709945 V66R - Selected findings of Stretton inquiry - summarised on ABC website - Black Friday fires - Selected recommendations of Stretton inquiry - summarised on ABC website - Black Friday fires |
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