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Bendigo fireys load up at large airtanker training day

Earlier this month, local CFA volunteers from the North West region joined Forest Fire Management Victoria personnel at an intensive large airtanker reloading training day.

20 Feb 2023

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Ash Wednesday reflection from Chief Officer Jason Heffernan

Forty years ago today, Victoria faced one of its worst bushfire tragedies in history which killed 47 people, including 14 CFA volunteers, as a result of the ferocious Ash Wednesday fires.

16 Feb 2023

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Remembering Ash Wednesday 40 years on

Today, 16 February, marks 40 years since the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires swept across Victoria on 16 February 1983.

16 Feb 2023

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Firey recalls Ash Wednesday: "We just weren't winning"

As the force of the wind ripped the tin roofs off houses and unleashed projectiles of embers, debris and gravel with ferocity, Aireys Inlet firefighter Ross Girvan and his fellow crew members could do ...

15 Feb 2023

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Watch the Ash Wednesday Commemorative event video

On Sunday 12 February, hundreds of people assembled in Cockatoo to mark the 40th anniversary of Ash Wednesday, one of the most significant bushfire events in Australian history.

14 Feb 2023

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Narre Warren North newlyweds recount Ash Wednesday

The Ash Wednesday 40th Anniversary Commemorative Event was held at the Ash Wednesday Bushfire Education Centre in Cockatoo on Sunday, 12 February to commemorate a tragic event in Victoria’s bushfire h ...

14 Feb 2023

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Ballarat firey remembers Ash Wednesday 40 years on

On a very hot Wednesday in February 1983, 19-year-old Don Garlick had finished work for the day in Heatherdale, and as he was getting into his car he glanced up at the hills and saw a billow of smoke.

13 Feb 2023

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Ash Wednesday Commemoration

On Sunday 12 February, hundreds of CFA members will join families, emergency services sector partners and local community members to mark the 40th anniversary of Ash Wednesday, one of the most signifi ...

10 Feb 2023

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