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Fire Danger Ratings and Total Fire Bans

Bush fire danger ratings are issued during the bush fire danger period.

Fire Danger Ratings give you an indication of the consequences of a fire, if one was to start. The higher the fire danger, the more dangerous the conditions. You should use the Fire Danger Ratings as a trigger to take action.

Find out more about the bush fire danger ratings.

Bush fires are more likely to spread and cause damage on days when the weather is very hot, dry and windy. These are usually on very high to extreme fire days.

To reduce the risk of fires damaging or destroying life, property and the environment the NSW RFS Commissioner may declare a Total Fire Ban (TOBAN). In a Total Fire Ban no fire may be lit in the open and all fire permits are suspended. This includes incinerators and barbecues (BBQ) which burn solid fuel, e.g. wood, charcoal or heat beads. No general purpose welding, grinding, soldering or gas cutting can be done in the open.

Find out more about the Total Fire Ban rules.

About the map Click 'Map View Today' to see today's Bush Fire Danger Ratings. The 'Map View Tomorrow' tab will show any fire danger ratings for the following day. Ratings are issued each afternoon. If there are no ratings visible, check back later once the Bureau of Meteorology has released the ratings. The text table version will show 'Yes' under TOBAN if there is a total fire ban in effect. The decision to issue a Total Fire Ban is usually made in the afternoon for the following day and usually starts at midnight and lasts for 24 hours. A Total Fire Ban may be issued on the actual day if weather conditions get worse.

About the table The 'Today' column shows today's Bush Fire Danger Ratings. The 'Tomorrow' column will show any fire danger ratings for the following day. Ratings are issued each afternoon. If there are no ratings visible, check back later once the Bureau of Meteorology has released the ratings. The 'TOBAN' columns will indicate if a Total Fire Ban has been declared for today or tomorrow. The decision to issue a Total Fire Ban is usually made in the afternoon for the following day and usually starts at midnight and lasts for 24 hours. A Total Fire Ban may be issued on the actual day if weather conditions get worse.

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Total Fire Ban in effect. No Area Selected Fire Area: 0 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban Current danger level Councils Affected: Choose a fire area by selecting the area number. Far North Coast Fire Area: 1 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Ballina

Byron

Clarence Valley

Kyogle

Lismore

Richmond Valley

Tweed North Coast Fire Area: 2 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Bellingen

Coffs Harbour

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Kempsey

Nambucca

Mid-Coast Greater Hunter Fire Area: 3 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Cessnock

Dungog

Lake Macquarie

Maitland

Muswellbrook

Newcastle

Port Stephens

Singleton

Upper Hunter Greater Sydney Region Fire Area: 4 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: The Hills

Blacktown

Blue Mountains

Burwood

Camden

Campbelltown

Canada Bay

Fairfield

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hunters Hill

Kogarah

Ku-ring-gai

Lane Cove

Liverpool

Mosman

North Sydney

Parramatta

Penrith

Randwick

Ryde

Strathfield

Sutherland

Sydney

Waverley

Willoughby

Woollahra

Bayside

Canterbury-Bankstown

Central Coast

Cumberland

Georges River

Inner West

Northern Beaches Illawarra/Shoalhaven Fire Area: 5 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Kiama

Shellharbour

Shoalhaven

Wingecarribee

Wollondilly

Wollongong Far South Coast Fire Area: 6 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Bega Valley

Eurobodalla Monaro Alpine Fire Area: 7 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Snowy Monaro ACT Fire Area: 8 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Southern Ranges Fire Area: 9 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Goulburn Mulwaree

Upper Lachlan

Yass Valley

Queanbeyan-Palerang Central Ranges Fire Area: 10 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bathurst

Blayney

Cabonne

Cowra

Lithgow

Mid-Western

Oberon

Orange New England Fire Area: 11 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Glen Innes Severn

Tenterfield

Uralla

Walcha

Armidale Northern Slopes Fire Area: 12 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Gunnedah

Gwydir

Inverell

Liverpool Plains

Tamworth North Western Fire Area: 13 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Moree Plains

Narrabri

Walgett

Warrumbungle Upper Central West Plains Fire Area: 14 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bogan

Coonamble

Gilgandra

Warren Lower Central West Plains Fire Area: 15 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bland

Forbes

Lachlan

Narromine

Parkes

Temora

Weddin

Dubbo Southern Slopes Fire Area: 16 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Cootamundra-Gundagai

Hilltops

Snowy Valleys Eastern Riverina Fire Area: 17 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Albury

Coolamon

Greater Hume

Junee

Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Southern Riverina Fire Area: 18 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Berrigan

Edward River

Federation

Murray River

Southern parts of Murrumbidgee Northern Riverina Fire Area: 19 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Carrathool

Griffith

Hay

Leeton

Narrandera

Northern parts of Murrumbidgee South Western Fire Area: 20 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Balranald

Wentworth Far Western Fire Area: 21 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bourke

Brewarrina

Broken Hill

Central Darling

Cobar Not for display on web site Fire Area: 22 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level Councils Affected: N/A Fire Danger Rating None

Low-Moderate

High

Very High

Severe

Extreme

Catastrophic NSW Fire Areas 1 Far North Coast

2 North Coast

3 Greater Hunter

4 Greater Sydney Region

5 Illawarra/Shoalhaven

6 Far South Coast

7 Monaro Alpine

8 ACT

9 Southern Ranges

10 Central Ranges

11 New England

12 Northern Slopes

13 North Western

14 Upper Central West Plains

15 Lower Central West Plains

16 Southern Slopes

17 Eastern Riverina

18 Southern Riverina

19 Northern Riverina

20 South Western

21 Far Western NSW Fire Areas Far North Coast North Coast Greater Hunter Greater Sydney Region Illawarra/Shoalhaven Far South Coast Monaro Alpine ACT Southern Ranges Central Ranges New England Northern Slopes North Western Upper Central West Plains Lower Central West Plains Southern Slopes Eastern Riverina Southern Riverina Northern Riverina South Western Far Western

Total Fire Ban in effect. No Area Selected Fire Area: 0 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban Current danger level Councils Affected: Choose a fire area by selecting the area number. Far North Coast Fire Area: 1 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Ballina

Byron

Clarence Valley

Kyogle

Lismore

Richmond Valley

Tweed North Coast Fire Area: 2 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Bellingen

Coffs Harbour

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Kempsey

Nambucca

Mid-Coast Greater Hunter Fire Area: 3 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Cessnock

Dungog

Lake Macquarie

Maitland

Muswellbrook

Newcastle

Port Stephens

Singleton

Upper Hunter Greater Sydney Region Fire Area: 4 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: The Hills

Blacktown

Blue Mountains

Burwood

Camden

Campbelltown

Canada Bay

Fairfield

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hunters Hill

Kogarah

Ku-ring-gai

Lane Cove

Liverpool

Mosman

North Sydney

Parramatta

Penrith

Randwick

Ryde

Strathfield

Sutherland

Sydney

Waverley

Willoughby

Woollahra

Bayside

Canterbury-Bankstown

Central Coast

Cumberland

Georges River

Inner West

Northern Beaches Illawarra/Shoalhaven Fire Area: 5 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Kiama

Shellharbour

Shoalhaven

Wingecarribee

Wollondilly

Wollongong Far South Coast Fire Area: 6 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Bega Valley

Eurobodalla Monaro Alpine Fire Area: 7 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Snowy Monaro ACT Fire Area: 8 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Southern Ranges Fire Area: 9 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Goulburn Mulwaree

Upper Lachlan

Yass Valley

Queanbeyan-Palerang Central Ranges Fire Area: 10 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bathurst

Blayney

Cabonne

Cowra

Lithgow

Mid-Western

Oberon

Orange New England Fire Area: 11 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level HIGH None Councils Affected: Glen Innes Severn

Tenterfield

Uralla

Walcha

Armidale Northern Slopes Fire Area: 12 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level LOW MODERATE None Councils Affected: Gunnedah

Gwydir

Inverell

Liverpool Plains

Tamworth North Western Fire Area: 13 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Moree Plains

Narrabri

Walgett

Warrumbungle Upper Central West Plains Fire Area: 14 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bogan

Coonamble

Gilgandra

Warren Lower Central West Plains Fire Area: 15 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bland

Forbes

Lachlan

Narromine

Parkes

Temora

Weddin

Dubbo Southern Slopes Fire Area: 16 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Cootamundra-Gundagai

Hilltops

Snowy Valleys Eastern Riverina Fire Area: 17 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Albury

Coolamon

Greater Hume

Junee

Lockhart

Wagga Wagga Southern Riverina Fire Area: 18 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Berrigan

Edward River

Federation

Murray River

Southern parts of Murrumbidgee Northern Riverina Fire Area: 19 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Carrathool

Griffith

Hay

Leeton

Narrandera

Northern parts of Murrumbidgee South Western Fire Area: 20 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Balranald

Wentworth Far Western Fire Area: 21 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level None None Councils Affected: Bourke

Brewarrina

Broken Hill

Central Darling

Cobar Not for display on web site Fire Area: 22 Total Fire Ban and Fire Danger Rating Day Today Tomorrow Current fire ban No No Current danger level Councils Affected: N/A Fire Danger Rating None

Low-Moderate

High

Very High

Severe

Extreme

Catastrophic NSW Fire Areas 1 Far North Coast

2 North Coast

3 Greater Hunter

4 Greater Sydney Region

5 Illawarra/Shoalhaven

6 Far South Coast

7 Monaro Alpine

8 ACT

9 Southern Ranges

10 Central Ranges

11 New England

12 Northern Slopes

13 North Western

14 Upper Central West Plains

15 Lower Central West Plains

16 Southern Slopes

17 Eastern Riverina

18 Southern Riverina

19 Northern Riverina

20 South Western

21 Far Western