Cr Tim Heenan told last month's council meeting that only he, one other resident and a CFA officer were present at the meeting at the Mt Evelyn public hall on January 23.

"It's really disappointing and a great concern," he said. "People seem to still have the mentality that 'if it's not in our face, just forget it'."

Cr Heenan told the Weekly residents should already have fire plans in place. "February really is too late - fire plans should have already been in place before the start of the fire season."

He said it was not the first time fire protection meetings had been poorly attended. Only two people attended a CFA township protection meeting in Monbulk and only two also were at a fire safety meeting in Silvan.

"People just aren't getting the message. We live in the most fire-prone lands in the world."

But CFA community education co-ordinator Maxine Burke said poorly attended community meetings did not necessarily mean that people were apathetic.

"These days there are so many ways people are able to get information on fire safety," she said. "Just because people aren't attending community meetings doesn't mean they aren't getting it through other avenues, whether that's directly from the CFA or through our online community sessions."

Ms Burke said despite a wetter start to the fire season, the threat still lingered. "We certainly don't want people to be apathetic. To think like that is extremely dangerous."

In Belgrave last week, most people the Weekly spoke to said they had fire plans in place and felt prepared for the oncoming fire season.

Upwey CFA brigade captain Graham Brew said a fire-safety street meeting in Upwey last month drew more than 20 residents. "It's really important community members consider preparing for fire season and obviously get to a public meeting if possible," he said.

The CFA is running an online bushfire information session, aimed at people who are too busy to attend community meetings, at 1pm on February 16.

It will cover actions to take on Code Red days and ways to teach children about general bushfire preparedness.

For more information, visit cfa.vic.gov.au/infosessions