Australian Fire Danger Ratings & Total Fire Bans
Live fire danger ratings and Total Fire Ban status for every fire district in Australia — NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT and the ACT — sourced from official state fire authority feeds, with the latest update time shown on every page.
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A Total Fire Ban is a legal declaration by a state or territory fire authority that prohibits lighting, maintaining or using a fire in the open — and restricts activities that can start one — for a declared period, usually a day of dangerous fire weather. Breaching one is an offence in every jurisdiction.
A fire ban is not the same thing as a fire danger rating. The rating (Moderate → Catastrophic) is a forecast of how dangerous a fire would be if one started; the ban is the legal restriction. A day can carry an Extreme rating without a ban, and a ban can apply from midnight before conditions peak. How ratings work.
Every state restricts broadly similar activities during a ban — open fires, campfires, solid-fuel BBQs and incinerators, and often hot work like welding or grinding in the open — but the exact rules, exemptions and terminology differ by state, and the laws are not identical nationwide. Gas and electric appliances are commonly allowed under strict conditions in some states and restricted in others. Always check your state's specific rules below.
Rules tell you what a ban means — check what's actually declared today:
Fireban aggregates official information — it does not declare, issue or enforce fire bans, and this page is a plain-language summary, not legal advice. Rules change; the official source for each state is linked from its rules page and is always authoritative. Official instructions, emergency warnings, signage and ranger directions take precedence.
