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CFA to LAX - Jet-setting firefighters join re-opening of LA County Fire Museum

Regardless of their badge, firefighters are united around the world over. The yellow turnout gear, helmet and boots are a universal symbol of dedication to saving the lives and properties of th ...

1 Aug 2018 Others People

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No cookie cutter formula for changing communities

Metro areas, including regional metro, are growing while rural areas are ageing and declining.

20 Jul 2018 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Hockey club receives a life-saving defibrillator

Monash University Hockey Club will be better prepared to manage a medical emergency after receiving a defibrillator from CFA in partnership with St John Ambulance Victoria.

17 Jul 2018 Community Safety Partnerships

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Update from Deputy Chief Officer Garry Cook

If I were to talk about a day in the life of the Chief Officer, I’d have to have a much longer column than this one, because no day was ever the same and every day was incredibly busy, with acti ...

20 Jun 2018

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Update from Deputy Chief Officer Steph Rotarangi

It didn’t take long after commencing as Deputy Chief Officer for me to experience our famed ‘can-do’ and ‘get on with it’ attitude in the face of challenge.

20 Jun 2018

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2018 Emergency Services Blood Challenge

The Red Cross Emergency Services Blood Challenge is underway and CFA members are currently in third place in the national tally, having made 175 donations since the challenge started on 1 June.

18 Jun 2018 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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It is a risk not to address risk

As members of an emergency services organisation, CFA people tackle all levels of risk every day.

6 Jun 2018 Others

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Celebrating inclusion and fairness achievements

Almost 12 months on since I started as ACO for Inclusion and Fairness, it is timely to reflect on how far we’ve come and what’s planned next to steer us toward being a far more inclusive, ...

6 Jun 2018 Inclusion and Fairness

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Tick off on CFA's home safety tips

Today is the first day of winter and it is also the busiest time of year for house fires with the likelihood of residential fires increasing by around 20 per cent.

1 Jun 2018 Community Safety

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Discovering Indigenous land management practices

This morning (31 May) CFA HQ gathered to celebrate National Reconciliation Week and launch a new video highlighting how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people conducted land management and fire ...

31 May 2018 Inclusion and Fairness

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