The period began on Monday, October 29 across the Northern Grampians and Pyrenees North regions.

The restrictions will cover towns such as Halls Gap, Stawell, St Arnaud, Landsborough and Beaufort.

Restrictions began rolling out across the Wimmera earlier in the month. 

During the Fire Danger Period fires cannot be lit in the open air without a written permit from CFA or a Municipal Fire Prevention Officer.

Victoria Police Grampians regional emergency management acting inspector Brendan Broadbent said fines would be issued to anyone caught doing the wrong thing.

“It’s about raising the expectations of the general community to look at people who are lighting fires with ignorance about the conditions and say that they won’t stand for it,” he said.

“We want to change the culture around the expectations of the community and indict to them that we’re going to enhance our operations for all fires. If the outcome is that they are deliberately lit or there have been breaches, then those people responsible will be charged.

“The actual strategy has been a collaboration with the CFA, but we have also been working with DELWP and other fire control agencies. We want to work with them to identify all fires.”

CFA does issue permits for a certain situations during the FDP. These are mainly for critical industry and other purposes. There are very strict conditions attached to these permits and the liability sits with the permit holder to ensure they always act safely.

More information and restrictions is available on the CFA’s website.