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Spotlight on HQ Vegetation Management

CFA brigades have a long history of providing fuel reduction services to reduce the spread of bushfire and to minimise the impact on their community.

28 Oct 2019 Environment Community Safety

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Reducing CFA vehicle fuel use

CFA vehicles travel about 35 million kilometres a year, consuming around four million litres of fuel. This releases more than 10,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas a year.

14 Oct 2019 Environment

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Vegetation management at CFA

CFA brigades have a long history of providing fuel reduction services to reduce the spread of bushfire and to minimise the impact on their community.

2 Oct 2019 Environment Community Safety

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NAIDOC Week - Cultural Heritage at CFA

NAIDOC week is a celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

11 Jul 2019 Environment Inclusion and Fairness

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Celebrating cultural fire knowledge and practice

More than 40 CFA people attended a national Indigenous fire workshop led by the Yorta Yorta people held last week along the Dhungala (Murray River) in Barmah.

12 Jun 2019 Environment Community Safety

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Message from Owen Gooding, Vegetation Management

Aboriginal people have lived across Victoria for thousands of generations. As a result there are places and sites across both public and private land that hold strong cultural significance to Aborigin ...

30 May 2019 Environment Inclusion and Fairness

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Burn to encourage native growth

Malmsbury Fire Brigade is working with its community to restore a culturally-significant community space.

21 May 2019 Environment Community Safety

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Aboriginal heritage site discovered after fire

During the rehabilitation of the Ruffy bushfire in February 2019, CFA's Vegetation Management Support Officer Mitch Emmett spotted evidence of a previously-unknown Aboriginal cultural heritage site.

18 Apr 2019 Environment

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Butt out safely this fire season

Careless smokers flicking cigarette butts out the car window have been warned they can be hit with a littering infringement notice as agencies join forces against the dangerous practice.

27 Feb 2019 Environment Community Safety

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Fireys helping all creatures as firefight continues

Sometimes we forget the impact fires have on animals. But in the midst of battling fires across the state, CFA firefighters have taken the time to help and rescue displaced and injured animals includi ...

5 Feb 2019 Environment Incidents - Bushfire

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