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Commissioner's thanks for Code Red fire fight

Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp APM visited Rochester Fire Station this week (26 November) to thank District 20 members, SES, Victoria Police and Forest Fire Management for their effort ...

27 Nov 2019 Incidents - Bushfire People

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A Culture of Fire takes out Innovation Award

CFA is the joint winner of the Innovation Award in the Volunteering Victoria State Awards held on 20 December.

21 Nov 2019 Honours and Awards Others

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International Day of People with Disability

More than four million people in Australia have a disability - that's one in five - and at some stage one of those people may be you.

18 Nov 2019 Inclusion and Fairness People

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CFA project finalist in state awards

A CFA Koorie Inclusion Project initiative – A Culture of Fire – is a finalist in the Innovation Award category of the Volunteering Victoria State Awards.

14 Nov 2019 Honours and Awards Inclusion and Fairness

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Firefighters battle Kinypanial fire

Firefighters have contained a fire on Tonkins Road, Kinypanial today, 1 November.

1 Nov 2019 Incidents - Bushfire

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Rochester properties unscathed after car fire

Firefighters were called to reports of a car fire on Jess Drive in Rochester at 11.30am on Wednesday, 30 October.

30 Oct 2019 Incidents - Bushfire Incidents - Vehicle / Rescue / Hazmat

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Hundreds of hay bales lost in Nanneella fire

Around 600 hay bales have been destroyed in a fire at a Nanneella property on Echuca-Nanneella Road at 11am today, 30 October.

30 Oct 2019 Incidents - Bushfire

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Fire restrictions announced for parts of North West

The Fire Danger Period has been announced for parts of CFA's North West Region.

3 Oct 2019 Community Safety

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Spate of fires prompt haystack warning

Dry conditions in some parts of regional Victoria similar to those seen last year have led to a warning to all farmers to exercise extreme caution with the cutting, baling and storage of hay.

23 Sep 2019 Community Safety

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Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program

Applications are now open for the 2020 Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program, with a sponsored position available for a CFA volunteer looking to build upon their existing personal and comm ...

23 Sep 2019 People

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Helping out a brigade in need

It's not often that two CFA brigades more than 150 kilometres apart and in different CFA districts would have anything to do with each other – except perhaps when there’s a major fire.

16 Sep 2019 People Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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