THE Black Saturday disaster has challenged the Australian "she'll be right" attitude, according to Horsham Rural City Council fire recovery officer Mary Bignell.

She said attitudes were being forced to change across the state in the aftermath of the tragic events.

In Horsham, no lives were lost, but properties were damaged and the community was still coming to terms with the legacy of Black Saturday.

"We're only just beginning to realise the layers of impacts and trickle-on effects on issues such as how employers plan for their employees on catastrophic and Code Red days - this just isn't about residents and landholders any more," she said.

As regions including Horsham and Coleraine recover from the ferocity of February 7, attention is now turning to practical implications of the new warning system and how organisations and individuals adapt.

Ms Bignell was employed to help Horsham recover from the 2300ha fire on Black Saturday, which burnt 11 buildings, including eight houses and the golf course grounds and function centre.

One house has been rebuilt and planning permits approved for the others, but the golf course doesn't qualify for charity funding and the organisation does not yet have funds to rebuild.

"It's a worry for Horsham because the golf course, after 10 years of drought, is a very important tourism component that makes Horsham more liveable and which offers services that are not available in the area in any other form," she said.

Ms Bignell said there has been continuing nervousness about this fire season.

"Because the Royal Commission has been going people have not had a break from fires, so people remain emotionally challenged, and will be until perhaps about April and the fire risk lessens," she said.

"In the Wimmera the practicality of the new warning systems is challenging, it doesn't quite fit (to leave on a catastrophic day)."

Meanwhile commemoration services will be held at Coleraine and Haven, near Horsham this weekend.

At Bendigo a service will also be held on Sunday to remember the fires. In that region one life and 58 homes were lost.

Greater Bendigo Mayor Rod Campbell said the disaster would be long remembered and the weekend was a time to come together to reflect on it and how the community had banded together.