Two helicopters were stationed at Ballarat and Mangalore throughout the summer and attended fires including the Rosedale blaze in January, providing extra support to CFA crews on the ground and day water bombers.

Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said Rosedale was a great early example of a fire that could benefit from night operations.

"All indications show our night firebombing operations across the summer season went well and the trial is proving to be very beneficial," he said.

"The trial has been about testing our safety procedures and there will be opportunities to learn from what we've achieved over summer.

"We will continue to debrief and determine what our next steps are, part of that is to look strategically, and based on risk, where and how we look at building our capacity."

At all 13 fires where night firebombing occurred, there was extensive air and firefighting resources operating during the day.

Mr Crisp said night firebombing will only occur on fires where it can add value to fire operations, or in circumstances where the experience can help build or improve the night firebombing capability.

Project Manager Wayne Rigg said a critical part of the future of night firebombing was continuing to build the capability.

"Night firebombing supports firefighters to meet objectives to protect life and property and provides us with another tool in the toolbox that wasn't previously available to help keep communities safe.

"We must continue to work together and ensure we can undertake night firebombing safely and effectively."

He said there while there would be ongoing reviews over coming months, it was hoped the technology could be implemented on a wider scale going forward.

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