Battery-operated rescue tools power brigade
Apollo Bay is set to become the first CFA brigade in the state to carry a permanent set of battery-operated tools for vehicle rescue after being awarded a Victorian Government grant.
View ArticleFire investigators visit NZ Training Centre
CFA fire investigators travelled to the New Zealand Fire Service National Training Centre in Rotorua last month to inspect the training facilities and learn from New Zealand’s experience.
View ArticlePortland Fire Station official opening
Gayle Tierney MLC member for Western Victoria officially opened the new Portland Fire Station on Sunday 20 November. Guests included CFA Board Member Timothy Young, Acting ACO for South West Region...
View ArticleChief and DCOs test their burn over skills
CFA crews were involved in 34 burn overs between 2009 and 2014.
View ArticleAir fleet ready to help protect the Wimmera
Victoria's firefighting aircraft fleet is getting ready for the 2016-17 fire season with planes and helicopters now being sent to regional bases across the state.
View ArticleTankers with wings
“They are just tankers with wings.” CFA aviation officer Wayne Rigg is walking across Avalon Airport’s apron pointing to RJ and Hercules.
View ArticleMacedon goes automatic
Shortly after Ash Wednesday, the Macedon community rallied to raise funds for the town’s first brigade-owned vehicle. Not only was it brigade owned. It was brigade built.
View ArticleAsh Wednesday Bushfire Education Centre, Cockatoo
Built in 1977 by Cardinia Shire Council, the building at 2 McBride Street, Cockatoo was a Kindergarten until 2005.
View ArticleThe original firebomber
Victorian pilot Keith Davidson’s life in the air and on the air base is pioneering stuff.
View ArticleBrigades benefit from $200,000 water boost
Blocked hose nozzles, an unusable toilet and almost draining a town’s water supply are all in the past for some of the brigades benefitting from a generous donation by water tank manufacturer, Kingspan...
View ArticleCasey Group’s concept FCV
Casey Group of brigades has developed a new-style FCV with an enhanced radio capability of seven radios.
View ArticleHuntly Fire Station's native garden
Huntly Fire Brigade, in partnership with Bendigo Northern District Community Enterprise and the local Landcare group, has created a fire resistant garden at the front of the new fire station.
View ArticleRock till you drop at Lyonville Fireman's Ball
EVENT CLOSED TONIGHT 25/02/2017Let the good times roll at the Trentham CFA Lyonville Fire Truck Fund-Raiser
View ArticleDromana hits $300,000 in Ritchies donations
Dromana Fire Brigade recently notched up more than $300,000 in donations via the Ritchies Community Benefit Program – making it the highest individual CFA brigade recipient of the local community...
View ArticleMaiden Gully’s Towards 2025 Project
In 2015, Maiden Gully Fire Brigade reviewed the infrastructure needed to adequately support its community into the future.
View ArticleWorks underway at Wattle Glen
A sod-turning ceremony on Wednesday, 1 March, has marked the start of construction on the Wattle Glen Fire Station extension.
View ArticleCoimadai cements its future
Coimadai Fire Brigade members have kept alive a fine tradition by once again building their own fire station.
View ArticleFirefighting ultra-heavy tanker test
A New South Wales Rural Fire Service 9000-litre heavy tanker with firefighting capacity was trialled south of the border, with great success, last summer.
View ArticleFiskville decommissioning works to begin
Following the closure of CFA’s Fiskville Training Campus in 2015, CFA is set to start the decommissioning works within two weeks.
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