Council services on Catastrophic and Extreme fire danger days

In the interests of community and employee safety, there will be disruptions to Council services on Saturday 22 February 2025.

There will be facilities closures and changes to Council services on Saturday 22 February, in line with the Country Fire Authority’s (CFA) forecast of an Extreme fire danger day on the Surf Coast.

The changes are being put in place to protect the safety of the community and Council employees.

The main changes are as follows:

  • Anglesea Landfill and Re-sale Shed will be closed and Anglesea Transfer Station will have reduced operating hours: 9am-10am;
  • Lorne Transfer station will be closed;
  • Council managed reserves (including sports grounds) and facilities in bushfire risk areas will be closed;
  • public litter bins and public toilets in high bushfire risk areas will only be serviced before 10am, and potentially in the evening should conditions ease;
  • Lorne and Anglesea Visitor Information Centres will be closed, with a remote service available from Torquay;
  • a scheduled composting and worm farming workshop in Freshwater Creek has been cancelled. Registered attendees have been notified;
  • Anglesea Art Space will be closed; and
  • the Geelong Regional Library Corporation has advised that its mobile library visit to Anglesea has been cancelled.

Note: waste facilities not listed above will operate to standard Saturday opening hours. 

We appreciate your understanding as we make these changes. On Extreme fire risk days, community and employee safety must be our No.1 priority.

Based on the CFA’s forecast, it is expected facilities and services will return to operating as standard on Sunday.

Further information:

On days rated by the Country Fire Authority (CFA) as having ‘Extreme’ or ‘Catastrophic’ fire danger, our priority is to protect the safety of employees and the community.

Council employees and contractors will not work or travel in fire risk zones at the highest risk times.

Services and facilities in high bushfire risk areas (such as Lorne, Aireys Inlet, Anglesea and parts of Jan Juc) and high grassfire risk areas (such as the outer areas of Winchelsea and surrounds), will be impacted on Extreme fire risk days.

Impacts will extend to outdoor facilities in Torquay and other lower risk urban areas on Catastrophic fire risk days.

Depending on their location and the CFA fire danger rating, the following facilities may experience unscheduled short-term closures:

  • waste transfer stations;

  • Lorne, Anglesea and Winchelsea Visitor Information Centres;

  • kindergartens and maternal and child health services;

  • sport facilities and recreation reserves;

  • Council-owned and/or managed community facilities.

Kerbside bin collections and emptying of public bins on Council land may be paused depending on fire rating and location, with collections starting earlier to avoid the highest risk times and catch-up collections scheduled as soon as possible.

Council-run events and events on Council land may be cancelled or re-scheduled, while community bus hire bookings could be canceled.

We will notify the community as soon as we can when closures or disruptions need to happen, including contacting users directly where possible.

We encourage you to follow us on social media for updates as soon as they’re available.

 

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