Victoria's fire authorities will soon begin implementing the recommendations of a report into a Victorian blaze that destroyed more than a 100 homes along the state's surf coast last year.
The report into the initial response to the 2015 Wye River-Jamieson Track fire by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management, Tony Pearce, released on Thursday, set out four recommendations.
It recommended fire agencies should review the way they documented information and that any future fires that presented the same level of complexity as the Wye River blaze be deemed level three.
A level-two fire is one that is unlikely to be contained in the first response, and may become more complex, while a level-three fire is larger and more complex, and requires more resources from several agencies.
The report also advised Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) to prepare and share case studies about how it handled the blaze, as well as to keep better track of the equipment used to fight fires.
Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley and Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett have agreed to all the recommendations.
The 2500-hectare fire razed 100 homes in Wye River and 16 in nearby Separation Creek on Christmas Day.
It was finally contained on January 21 after burning for 34 days.
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