More than two years after the forced closure of the toxic Fiskville CFA training site, deflated Ballan residents are questioning why the state government has not held a community forum. 

Western Victoria MP Simon Ramsay said discussions with Ballan community members led him to write to Emergency Services minster James Merlino urging him to visit the community and understand their concerns. 

"I have requested Mr Merlino, travel to Ballan and talk to the community about the current status of the Environment Protection Authority work notices as Fiskville,” Mr Ramsay said.

 "They also need an update on the firefighter training college in the south-west and the Government's commitment to providing a new Country Fire Authority training facility in the area.” 

Ballan Fire Brigade Lieutenant and local businessman Ian Ireland says greater transparency around the future of the training facility was needed.

He said firefighters had not had any hot-training in two years. 

Moorabool Shire councillor Paul Tatchell said community  members were desperately in need of an update regarding the issue and should not be left in the dark. 

He maintains the state government should have immediately invested in the area after the sudden closure to ensure local businesses were not “killed off”. 

A spokesman for Mr Merlino could not confirm whether the minister would make the trip to Ballan, only saying he “look(ed) forward to engaging with the community on this and other issues”. 

The state government has been unable to find suitable land for a pegged $46.2 million new firefighting training centre in the Central Highlands. 

In a latest push a request for submissions for voluntary acquisition were published. The state government could not say if any suitable proposals had been mooted. 

“Work is underway to secure a suitable site for the new Central Highlands Campus,” Mr Merlino said.

“Identifying a new site is a high priority, but one that must be worked through carefully to make sure that we get this right.”