2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission : final report.

Chairperson: Bernard Teague.

Volume 1: The fires and the fire-related deaths -- Volume 2/part one: Fire preparation, response and recovery -- Volume 2/part two: Fire preparation, response and recovery -- Volume 3: Establishment and operation of the commission -- Volume 4 (CDROM): The statements of witnesses -- Summary.

""This report is an important part of securing the memory of the [2009 Victorian] fires. The first volume describes the origins and course of the 15 fires that wrought the greatest harm on 7 February and the response to them. It also tells the stories of the 173 people who died. Volume II looks at what lessons can be learnt from these experiences?how we can reduce the risk and impacts of fire and minimise fire-related loss of life in future. Volume III reports on the Commission?s administration and processes. Volume IV reproduces the statements of the 100 lay witnesses who gave personal accounts of their experiences in the fires in late January and February and in their aftermath... The recommendations we make give priority to protecting human life, and they are designed to reflect the shared responsibility that governments, fire agencies, communities and individuals have for minimising the prospect of a tragedy of this scale ever happening again." -- p. vii