Hybrid big fill-light tanker for Narre Warren East
Narre Warren East Fire Brigade has commissioned a brand new big fill/light tanker hybrid appliance, the first of its type in the CFA fleet.
View ArticleSpecialist firefighting aircraft take to the skies
Victoria’s air defence against bushfires has been boosted with the arrival of two of the world’s biggest firefighting aircraft.
View ArticleBendigo Bank steps up again
Once again the Woori Yallock & District Community Bank has got on board and given funding to Hoddles Creek Fire Brigade.
View ArticleWoori Yallock ICC Weather Station Network
Methven Real Estate in Mount Evelyn are the first to get involved with a new weather station project for the Woori Yallock Incident Control Centre.
View ArticleMillgrove fire refuge opens for summer
The Millgrove community fire refuge has been officially opened and is available for use this summer.
View ArticleThinking of modifying your fire station?
For those brigades thinking about an extension, a new shed or upgrading their amenities, CFA is introducing a new process to help brigades scope and cost their proposals, at no cost to the brigade.
View ArticleFirefighters’ Memorial update
Work to identify a new location for the CFA Firefighters’ Memorial is well underway.
View ArticleFiskville Inquiry hearings resume
The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into CFA’s former Fiskville Training College resumes public hearings this Wednesday (27 January).
View ArticleFrom the CEO - Fiskville hearing update
Today I, along with CFA Acting Chair John Peberdy, gave evidence at the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the former Fiskville Training College.
View ArticleGet set for the Urban Championships
Brigades from across Victoria and beyond will converge on Mildura this weekend for the 133rd Senior State Urban Fire Brigade Championships.
View ArticleNew French Island station opens
CFA has officially opened a new station for one of its most isolated brigades.
View ArticleQuick response to Seymour East school fire
It was a case of right place, right time for CFA brigades and personnel yesterday (29 May) when a fire broke out at the site of the former Seymour East Primary School.
View ArticleBreathing Apparatus tender update
CFA and MFB, in conjunction with Victoria Police, Corrections Victoria and Ambulance Victoria, have closed the tender and commenced evaluation for new breathing apparatus sets.
View ArticleThermal camera assists firefight
Strathmerton Fire Brigade Captain Evan Bourchier was finishing the morning milking when he got the page to a fire at a local factory.
View ArticleTechnical large animal rescue at Macclesfield
Macclesfield Fire brigade recently benefited from a donation from bulk haulage company Kalari, which will go towards buying equipment to increase the brigade’s ability with technical large animal rescue.
View ArticleProgress continues at regional training centres
The assessment and environmental improvement program to upgrade water management and improve water treatment which is currently underway at CFA’s regional training campuses has achieved an important...
View ArticleCasey Group lays hose under pressure
On Sunday 24 July, brigades in Casey Group (District 8) participated in a relay pumping practical exercise based at the Monash University Berwick campus flowing into the car park of the Nossal High...
View ArticleFirst medium pumpers off production lines
The first batch of next generation medium pumpers is one step closer to getting on the road, with four of the 12 new pumpers handed over to district mechanical workshops.
View Article‘We need YOU’: BA project trials in Wangaratta
CFA is calling on volunteers in the north of the state and beyond to take part in trialling breathing apparatus sets to be potentially used across the emergency services sector into the future.
View ArticleVESEP grants – be ahead of the game
Brigades are being encouraged to start thinking and preparing now for any vehicle, equipment and building grant submissions they were thinking to put in through the Victorian Emergency Services...
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