Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Issued at 4:01 pm WST on Thursday 8 February 2024.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises you to:

Action your Bushfire Survival Plan now.
Monitor the fire and weather situation through your local radio station, www.emergency.wa.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au.
Call 000 (Triple Zero) in an emergency.

For the rest of Thursday 8 February:

Extreme Fire Danger in the following fire weather districts:
Midwest Coast, Capes, Blackwood and Southern Forests
For Friday 9 February:

Extreme Fire Danger is forecast for the following fire weather districts:
Midwest Coast, Swan Inland North, Swan Inland South, Capes, Brockman, Blackwood, Southern Forests, Stirling North, Stirling West and Fitzgerald Inland
Weather Situation

Hot temperatures combined with the seabreeze moving inland will cause elevated fire dangers Thursday evening.

Hot temperatures with moderate to fresh and gusty E to NE'ly winds in the morning and afternoon seabreezes will cause elevated fire dangers on Friday.

For information on preparing for bushfires go to www.dfes.wa.gov.au.

Fire Danger Ratings and Bans