Kevin Tolhurst, a fire ecologist at the University of Melbourne, said that the authorities had learned much from Ash Wednesday in terms of improvements to co-ordination and communication.

• 此前（历史上）最严重的两次火灾分别发生于1939年1月13日的“黑色星期五”，受灾地维州，有71人丧身；1983年2月16日的“灰烬星期三”，受灾地是维州和与之相邻的南澳，有75人丧身。