This summer, Victoria will undergo the biggest fire- bug blitz in the state's history.
Operation Firesetter will see police officers patrol known trouble spots looking for would-be arsonists.
Details of vehicles observed in high risk areas will be recorded for intelligence, and the public is being urged to report "anyone" under suspicion.
The operation was a key recommendation of the Bushfires Royal Commission which followed Black Saturday.
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Last summer, arsonists were blamed for lighting 750 bushfires in Victoria.
None were on the scale of Black Saturday, and courts are yet to determine whether the Churchill blaze of February 7, 2009 was deliberately lit. It claimed 11 lives.
