Emergency Response Times

2025/26 (Quarter 2) - 01 October to 30 December 2025

Key Findings

• Statewide compliance with the Community Service Delivery Standards was 81.3 percent.
• CFA responded to 7,787 incidents in Quarter 2, 2025–26, compared with 8,294 incidents in Quarter 2, 2024–25.
• There were two fire-related fatalities resulting from a single incident in Quarter 2, and the response met the Community Service Delivery Standards.

CFA Service Delivery

CFA delivers services to the community through a network of over 52,000 volunteers operating out of more than 1,200 rural and urban brigades across Victoria. CFA also employs around 1,000 Professional, Technical and Administrative staff to support service delivery.

CFA uses its network of brigades to respond to emergency events, including structure fires, bush and grass fires, road crashes and vehicle fires. CFA brigades also respond alongside Fire Rescue Victoria and other emergency service organisations.

Outcomes infographic

Maps of Emergency Response Times

Tables of Emergency Response Times

 

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