Beechworth’s Lauren Malins was among more than 100 people drawn to the Beechworth Fire Brigade station on Sunday to gain vital fire ready information as the fire season approaches.

The Open Day and Get Fire Ready event was part of a statewide CFA campaign.

“It is so important for our communities to be fire ready this season,” Ms Malins said.

“After several lower risk summers, some of us have become complacent in our fire ready plans.

“This event has really helped to get our family ready for the upcoming season.”

Beechworth Fire Brigade captain Travis Nicholson said visitors had been fully engaged in talking about being fire ready.

Brigade volunteers also showed people with demonstrations how to use fire extinguishers and fire blankets.

“Good questions had been asked including those about property preparation as well as volunteering for the brigade,” Mr Nicolson said.

The captain also said educational toy fire trucks recently made by the Beechworth Correction Centre’s metal fabrication team had been a big hit with kids giving volunteers a chance to talk to parents about fire safety.

“The kids never stopped playing with them all day,” he said.

Mr Nicholson said people needed to be confident in contacting the fire brigade for information, particularly with planned burn-offs.

“Some people decide that they might just burn off on their property and the wind changes, or something happens,” he said.

“It’s super important to register your burns so we know where they are, and we know roughly what you're dealing with and what you're trying to burn.

“If something does go wrong at least we know location, what you were trying to do, and we have some idea of what we do when we get there.

“It helps us with pre planning and also stops unnecessary triple zero calls when people are driving past and they see smoke and flame when it’s just a controlled burn.

“If registered, when the call to triple zero is made the operator who has a list or map and can advise it is okay, and that's where it stops.

“If there’s a call it will flash up the registered burn in that area, and it won’t then be necessary to call us.”

Mr Nicholson said people need to ring triple zero for emergencies only, but general enquiries to the brigade can be made via its Facebook page.

“Socials are always monitored, and we get alerts every time something comes in on those,” he said.

Ms Malins said it the event had been a day for the community to see the valuable work that local CFA volunteers do while also potentially attracting more volunteers.

“It also gives the kids a chance to get involved in a great local community activity,” she said.

Beechworth’s Steve Roman said the day showed how important the fire brigade is to the community.

“It makes us realise what the fire brigade does for us,” he said.