--- title: CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22 resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/ publisher: Country Fire Authority licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 529351 fields: 6 source: https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/195/CFA_Incident_Response.xlsx.aspx source_sha256: da15e636c66bb8710c5e2594f2ecb5a46b6306c9cbd935691dd4dabdb56d7e6c language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22 Every incident Country Fire Authority brigades responded to from July 2009 to June 2022, about 530,000 rows, with the time, district and incident type. Published by Country Fire Authority under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Country Fire Authority has not endorsed this site. Also called: CFA incident data, Country Fire Authority incident responses, CFA callouts by incident type, Victorian fire brigade incidents. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.csv (47 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.xlsx (21 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.json (103 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.parquet (6.1 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.sqlite (57 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.duckdb (10 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.ndjson (103 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.arrow (9.1 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.csv.gz (6.2 MB) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-cfa-incident-responses/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-cfa-incident-responses/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-cfa-incident-responses/rows?financial_year=eq.2021-22&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-cfa-incident-responses/aggregate?group=incident_type&metric=count&financial_year=eq.2021-22 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `financial_year`: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/by/financial_year/index.json lists 13 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `financial_year` | string | (sheet) | The financial year of the workbook sheet the row is on, such as 2021-22. | | `incident_datetime` | datetime | (row header 1) | The date and time of the incident, local time, as recorded by CFA. | | `incident_no` | integer | (cell: incident_no) | | | `district_no` | integer | (cell: District_no) | The CFA district number. Null where none was recorded. | | `incident_type_code` | string | (cell: incident_type_code) | The incident type code, kept as text because codes such as 352.1 carry a decimal part. | | `incident_type` | string | (cell: incident_type) | | Key: `incident_no, financial_year`. ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 529351 rows, 6 fields, sha256 da15e636c66b. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Bushfires NT brigade and office locations](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-bushfire-brigade-locations/) (NT) - [Rural fire stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-rural-fire-stations/) (Qld) - [Current bushfire incidents and warnings, Queensland, daily snapshot](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-bushfire-incidents-current/) (Qld) - [Metropolitan Fire Brigade station locations, Melbourne, 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-mfb-fire-station-locations/) (Vic) - [2003 Canberra bushfire burn area and property damage](https://publicdata.au/d/act-2003-bushfire/) (ACT) - [Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/) (Cth) - [Urban fire stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-urban-fire-stations/) (Qld) - [Bushfire and prescribed burn history, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-fire-history/) (SA) - [Dog and cat attack and harassment incidents, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dog-cat-incidents/) (SA) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/) (Vic) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by town and city, 2017-18](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-town/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Country Fire Authority, Victorian Government, CFA Incident Responses, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/cfa-incident-responses, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Country Fire Authority, Victorian Government, CFA Incident Responses, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/cfa-incident-responses, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Country Fire Authority (2026) CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/cfa-incident-responses), Country Fire Authority, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download CFA incident responses, Victoria as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open CFA incident responses, Victoria in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 529,351 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does CFA incident responses, Victoria cover? The current version covers 2009 to 2021. Each release from CFA becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is CFA incident responses, Victoria updated? CFA no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use CFA incident responses, Victoria commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for CFA incident responses, Victoria? No. The publisher is Country Fire Authority, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/cfa-incident-responses. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one financial year? Every version has one JSON file per value of financial_year, 13 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/by/financial_year/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/v/2026-10-03/by/financial_year/2018-19.json holds the 47,803 rows where financial_year is 2018-19. ### What does each row hold? One incident CFA brigades responded to, with the date and time it was reported, CFA's incident number, the CFA district number and the incident type as a code and as words. The workbook holds one sheet per financial year from 2009-10 to 2021-22, and the financial year is kept from the sheet name. ### Why do some rows have no district or incident type? The publisher leaves the district blank or writes NULL where none was recorded, and some incidents have no type recorded. Both are kept as null. ### What do the incident type codes mean? They are the codes of the Australasian Incident Reporting System. Each row also carries the type in words as CFA wrote it, so the codes can be read without a separate list. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-cfa-incident-responses.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-cfa-incident-responses.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.