General News
19 November, 2024
Councils funded to be bushfire-ready
Grants have been awarded to Victorian councils for work to reduce bushfire risk in partnership with local communities.
A total of $1.66 million will be distributed to nine councils over the next two years as part of the Safer Together Strengthening Local Government Partnerships program.
The grants are part of the Victorian Government’s support for councils across the state, enabling them to design and implement community-centred approaches to reducing bushfire risk.
Since 2016, Safer Together - led jointly by DEECA and the CFA - has supported Victoria’s bushfire management sector to work in partnership with communities to reduce bushfire risk at a local level.
The Strengthening Local Government Partnerships program was established in 2018 to further support this work and in total has now awarded almost $4 million in funding to support community-based initiatives.