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Brigade celebrates 150 years serving the Buninyong community

From its humble beginnings, where firefighters responded to fires on foot with leather buckets to the current brigade, Buninyong-Mount Helen Fire Brigade has played an important part in protecting the ...

10 Jul 2023 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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CFA blood drive veteran makes his 609th donation

Creswick CFA volunteer Phil Greenbank has been donating blood or plasma for more than 40 years and is keeping good habits during this year’s Lifeblood Emergency Services Blood Drive.

28 Jun 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Scouts get a sneak peek behind the scenes

Scouts from the Ballarat area recently toured one of CFA’s state-of-the-art training centres, while getting a firsthand look behind the scenes of what it takes to be a volunteer firefighter.

13 Jun 2023 Community Safety People Training and Recruitment

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Give Us a Hand

This National Volunteer Week, CFA is asking regional Victorians to ‘Give Us a Hand’ as part of a recruitment campaign to encourage people to join our highly skilled and professional member ...

15 May 2023 Operational Information People Training and Recruitment

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Simulated rescue puts multiagency response to the test

CFA members have taken part in a significant multi-agency training exercise at Sovereign Hill to help prepare for emergency situations.

9 May 2023 Community Safety Operational Information

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West Region fireys awarded National Emergency Medals

Almost five hundred local volunteer firefighters and CFA staff members have been honoured with National Emergency Medals for their efforts in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire crisis.

1 May 2023 Honours and Awards People

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Fire restrictions to end for Ballarat, Ararat and surrounds

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish at 1.00am on Monday, 17 April in the following municipalities in CFA’s West Region:

11 Apr 2023 Operational Information

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Wild weekend of multi-agency rescues

The first weekend of April saw a hive of activity for our CFA members as they attended several multi-agency rescue efforts across the State.

3 Apr 2023 Incidents - Others Incidents - Vehicle / Rescue / Hazmat Operational Information Others

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Planned stubble burn provides learning opportunity

Waubra Fire Brigade recently took part in a planned stubble burn, helping its members learn more about fire behaviour.

29 Mar 2023 Incidents - Others Others Training and Recruitment

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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 People

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AFSM for dedicated Ballarat firey

Mark Cartledge has received recognition for his thirty-year commitment to firefighting by being named a recipient of the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM).

26 Jan 2023 Honours and Awards People

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Champion of change honoured with AFSM

Many people across CFA and the wider emergency services have benefited from Michael Rowe’s vision, diligence and commitment to community safety and inclusion across his 42-year volunteer career.

26 Jan 2023 Honours and Awards People

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