Mr Howard said the government had accepted advice from fire agencies that Daylesford, Hepburn Springs, Creswick and Trentham were among 52 towns and communities across the state that would require planning over and above standard municipal fire prevention plans.

"For these communities Town Protection Plans would need to be developed," he said.

Mr Howard said a TPP was a planned response by both emergency services and the community to a bushfire within or within close proximity to a township that has the potential to affect a community.

"They are plans for the local community that address the specific needs of the individual town or community's people, property, environment, vulnerable town facilities including schools, kindergartens and nursing homes and assets, heritage areas, critical infrastructure, access and

exit routes and potential places of relative safety or assembly and hazards," he said.

"Historically TPPs have been used by local brigades for operational response, but as part of this new approach they have now been enhanced to include community and municipality engagement, and education.

"Resources have been increased to undertake these plans, which are a new way of ensuring that lives are protected above all else in an emergency, because it is vital that every Victorian is fire ready no matter where they live or what their fire experience has been," he said.

Mr Howard said that the CFA would lead the development of the TPPs and would work with councils and engage communities to explore local knowledge, history, culture and people's needs in the development of the plans.

"It will be important for all residents with special local knowledge and skills to be involved in the development of these plans," he said.