Dataset

Bushfire Risk Engagement Areas (BREA)

This layer represents polygon coverage Bushfire Risk Engagement Areas (BREA) across the entire State of Victoria, generally on both public and private land. BREA is broad land categorisation which provides a prioritisation framework for fuel management engagement and delivery where fire is suitable for managing risk.

Generalised boundary layer aligned to areas of bushfire risk and may not correlate to natural, manmade or administrative features.

Dataset was created 18 September with from the statewide strategic bushfire management planning process 2017-2019

Dataset last updated 20 April 2017 with changes from WCBRL (per A Boak). Dataset updated 30 Jan 2017 with changes from ECBRL (per F Wilson). Dataset updated 19 August 2016 with changes from MMGBRL (per D Prior).

Data and Resources

DWG

FIREBREA DWG
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DXF

FIREBREA DXF
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GDB

FIREBREA GDB
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SHP

FIREBREA SHP
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MIF

FIREBREA MIF
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TAB

FIREBREA TAB
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Extended TAB

FIREBREA Extended TAB
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Additional Information

Field	Value
Published (Metadata Record)	17/04/2026
Last updated	17/04/2026
Organisation	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Category	Spatial Data
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Full metadata URL	https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/11f22ce9-900c-577f-8aeb-c99efd8b3dce/formatters/sdm-html?root=div-sdm
Update Frequency	Unknown