Australian Fire Danger Ratings

Fire danger ratings from the Bureau of Meteorology for fire weather districts across Australia

Important: Always check official sources for the latest fire danger ratings and warnings before making safety decisions. See the Bureau of Meteorology for official fire danger ratings.

Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Australian Capital Territory Queensland Northern Territory

Moderate (12-23)

High (24-49)

Extreme (50-99)

Catastrophic (100+)

Victoria

Official ratings from BoM Victoria. Fire information: CFA, Emergency Victoria

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Central	Moderate 22	Moderate 14	Moderate 17	Moderate 16
East Gippsland	No Rating 11	Moderate 13	Moderate 12	Moderate 13
Mallee	Moderate 18	Moderate 13	Moderate 14	Moderate 18
North Central	Moderate 13	No Rating 11	Moderate 14	Moderate 14
North East	No Rating 6	No Rating 7	No Rating 11	Moderate 13
Northern Country	Moderate 16	No Rating 11	Moderate 12	Moderate 15
South West	Moderate 18	Moderate 13	Moderate 16	Moderate 17
West and South Gippsland	Moderate 20	Moderate 14	Moderate 17	Moderate 14
Wimmera	Moderate 19	Moderate 14	Moderate 16	Moderate 19

New South Wales

Official ratings from BoM New South Wales. Fire information: NSW RFS

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Central Ranges	-	Moderate 17	Moderate 13	Moderate 14
Eastern Riverina	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 8	No Rating 8
Far North Coast	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 13	Moderate 13
Far South Coast	-	Moderate 13	No Rating 10	No Rating 9
Far Western	-	No Rating 9	No Rating 8	No Rating 7
Greater Hunter	-	Moderate 20	Moderate 15	Moderate 15
Greater Sydney Region	-	Moderate 16	Moderate 13	Moderate 13
Illawarra/Shoalhaven	-	Moderate 19	Moderate 13	Moderate 13
Lower Central West Plains	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
Monaro Alpine	-	Moderate 13	No Rating 9	No Rating 9
New England	-	Moderate 18	Moderate 15	Moderate 16
North Coast	-	Moderate 18	Moderate 14	Moderate 13
North Western	-	Moderate 20	Moderate 15	Moderate 16
Northern Riverina	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 9	No Rating 8
Northern Slopes	-	Moderate 21	Moderate 18	Moderate 18
South Western	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 7	No Rating 7
Southern Ranges	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
Southern Riverina	-	Moderate 13	No Rating 10	No Rating 8
Southern Slopes	-	No Rating 8	No Rating 7	No Rating 7
Upper Central West Plains	-	Moderate 17	Moderate 14	Moderate 13

Western Australia

Official ratings from BoM Western Australia. Fire information: DFES, Emergency WA

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Arthur	-	Moderate 16	-	-
Ashburton Coast	-	High 26	-	-
Ashburton Inland	-	High 28	-	-
Avon	-	Moderate 18	-	-
Blackwood	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Brockman	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Broome Coast	-	No Rating 7	-	-
Burrup	-	High 42	-	-
Capes	-	Moderate 18	-	-
Central Interior	-	High 36	-	-
Central Pilbara	-	High 32	-	-
Derby Coast	-	No Rating 6	-	-
Esperance Coast	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Esperance Inland	-	Moderate 13	-	-
Eucla	-	No Rating 7	-	-
Exmouth Gulf Coast	-	Moderate 23	-	-
Fitzgerald Coast	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Fitzgerald Inland	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Gascoyne Coast	-	High 28	-	-
Gascoyne Inland	-	High 24	-	-
Geographe	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Hedland	-	High 44	-	-
Karroun	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Kimberley Inland	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Lakes	-	Moderate 15	-	-
Lesueur	-	High 24	-	-
Lockwood	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Midwest Coast	-	High 27	-	-
Midwest Inland	-	Moderate 23	-	-
Mortlock	-	Moderate 20	-	-
North Goldfields	-	Moderate 18	-	-
North Interior	-	High 30	-	-
North Kimberley	-	No Rating 6	-	-
Roe	-	Moderate 16	-	-
South Goldfields	-	No Rating 7	-	-
South Interior	-	Moderate 21	-	-
Southern Forests	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Stirling Coast	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Stirling North	-	Moderate 16	-	-
Stirling West	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Swan Coastal North	-	Moderate 17	-	-
Swan Coastal South	-	Moderate 14	-	-
Swan Inland North	-	Moderate 22	-	-
Swan Inland South	-	Moderate 18	-	-
West Interior	-	High 24	-	-
Yalgar	-	High 24	-	-
Yarra Yarra	-	Moderate 21	-	-

Tasmania

Official ratings from BoM Tasmania. Fire information: TFS, TasALERT

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Central North	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
Central Plateau	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 14	No Rating 11
East Coast	-	Moderate 17	Moderate 15	Moderate 13
Furneaux Islands	-	Moderate 16	Moderate 14	Moderate 13
King Island	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Midlands	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 15	Moderate 12
North East	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
North West Coast	-	No Rating 7	No Rating 8	No Rating 7
South East	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 15	Moderate 13
Upper Derwent Valley	-	Moderate 13	Moderate 13	No Rating 11
Western	-	No Rating 10	Moderate 12	Moderate 13

South Australia

Official ratings from BoM South Australia. Fire information: CFS

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Adelaide Metropolitan	-	No Rating 7	No Rating 6	No Rating 7
Eastern Eyre Peninsula	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 9	No Rating 10
Flinders	-	No Rating 8	No Rating 7	No Rating 7
Kangaroo Island	-	Moderate 12	No Rating 9	Moderate 12
Lower Eyre Peninsula	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 9	No Rating 11
Lower South East	-	No Rating 10	No Rating 7	Moderate 13
Mid North	-	No Rating 9	No Rating 8	No Rating 9
Mount Lofty Ranges	-	No Rating 10	No Rating 11	Moderate 13
Murraylands	-	Moderate 13	No Rating 10	No Rating 11
North East Pastoral	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 14	Moderate 15
North West Pastoral	-	Moderate 12	No Rating 9	Moderate 12
Riverland	-	No Rating 11	No Rating 8	No Rating 9
Upper South East	-	No Rating 10	No Rating 8	No Rating 10
West Coast	-	Moderate 13	No Rating 10	Moderate 12
Yorke Peninsula	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 12	Moderate 15

Australian Capital Territory

Official ratings from BoM Australian Capital Territory. Fire information: ACT RFS, ACT ESA

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Australian Capital Territory	-	Moderate 12	No Rating 9	No Rating 10

Queensland

Official ratings from BoM Queensland. Fire information: QFES

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Capricornia	-	Moderate 12	No Rating 10	No Rating 10
Central Coast and Whitsundays	-	Moderate 12	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
Central Highlands and Coalfields	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 14	Moderate 14
Central West	-	Moderate 19	Moderate 17	Moderate 14
Channel Country	-	High 30	High 24	Moderate 18
Darling Downs and Granite Belt	-	Moderate 19	Moderate 15	Moderate 17
Gulf Country	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 14	Moderate 12
Herbert and Lower Burdekin	-	No Rating 7	No Rating 7	No Rating 7
Maranoa and Warrego	-	Moderate 19	Moderate 15	Moderate 13
North Tropical Coast and Tablelands	-	No Rating 10	No Rating 10	No Rating 9
North West	-	Moderate 21	Moderate 19	Moderate 15
Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders	-	Moderate 14	Moderate 14	Moderate 12
Peninsula	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 7
Southeast Coast	-	Moderate 12	Moderate 12	Moderate 12
Wide Bay and Burnett	-	Moderate 15	Moderate 15	Moderate 14

Northern Territory

Official ratings from BoM Northern Territory. Fire information: Bushfires NT, SecureNT

District	Thursday 07 May	Friday 08 May	Saturday 09 May	Sunday 10 May
Alice Springs Fire Protection Zone	-	Moderate 17	Moderate 14	Moderate 13
Arnhem East	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Arnhem West	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Barkly North	-	Moderate 18	Moderate 17	Moderate 15
Barkly South	-	Moderate 21	Moderate 19	Moderate 16
Carpentaria East	-	No Rating 7	No Rating 7	No Rating 7
Carpentaria West	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Daly South	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Darwin and Adelaide River	-	No Rating 9	No Rating 9	No Rating 9
Gregory North West	-	No Rating 8	No Rating 8	No Rating 8
Gregory South East	-	No Rating 9	No Rating 9	No Rating 8
Katherine Fire Protection Zone	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Lasseter East	-	Moderate 23	Moderate 19	Moderate 16
Lasseter West	-	Moderate 21	Moderate 18	Moderate 16
Northern Fire Protection Area	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6
Simpson East	-	High 29	Moderate 22	Moderate 19
Simpson West	-	Moderate 22	Moderate 19	Moderate 16
Tanami North	-	No Rating 0	No Rating 0	No Rating 0
Tanami South	-	Moderate 16	Moderate 13	Moderate 12
Tiwi	-	No Rating 6	No Rating 6	No Rating 6

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