Size of fire or incident

The following definitions describe the approximate size of bushfires, grass fires, forest fires and scrub fires in the incident list.

Spot

A fire covering an area of less than 1/2 a hectare.

A fire covering an area of 1/2 to 5 hectares.

A fire covering an area of 5 to 50 hectares.

A fire covering an area of more that 50 hectares