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NAIDOC Week emergency services community day at Lake Tyers Trust

The CFA satellite station of Toorloo brigade and Lake Tyers Trust held a NAIDOC Week family fun day with a touch of residential fire safety education.

18 Jul 2019 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Community Safety visits Buddhist retreat

Community Education Coordinator Jodie Burt and Community Liasion Officer Allan Cracknell met with newly-appointed coordinators of SIBA Buddhist Retreat, Amelia and Jack, for an afternoon of hands-on ...

15 Jul 2019 Community Safety

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Photo roadshow heads to south east

Members of the Volunteer Sustainability have captured photos and stories featuring volunteers from the South East Region.

14 Apr 2019 People

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Mobile Engagement Unit heads to Far East Gippsland

About 150 people attended a multi-agency fire awareness day at Cape Conran in late December 2018.

3 Jan 2019 Community Safety Partnerships

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Multi-agency steep angle team goes online in East Gippsland

Volunteers from CFA and Victoria SES in East Gippsland have gained the skills and knowledge to undertake steep angle rescue, completing their final capability assessment earlier this month.

27 Dec 2018 Incidents - Others Partnerships

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Saving lives on the road

As we all know, there's much more to CFA than fighting fires. Members from two road rescue teams tell their stories.

10 Dec 2018 Operational Information People

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Busy weekend for CFA firefighters

Victorian firefighters worked tirelessly from Thursday afternoon (6 December) through the weekend to contain significant blazes in Buninyong, Little River and East Gippsland.

10 Dec 2018 Incidents - Bushfire

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Mt Taylor community prepares for bushfire season

Residents from District 11's Mt Taylor community attended a community bushfire exercise facilitated by members from the Community Safety Team, local brigade and local district office.

26 Nov 2018 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Community safety messaging in remote Mallacoota

An outreach visit by CFA has given vital safety information to camp directors and staff at Marshmead camp, Mallacoota.

20 Nov 2018 Community Safety Partnerships

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East Gippsland CFA women inspire each other

Female volunteers from across East Gippsland gathered on Saturday for a Women’s CFA forum.

22 Oct 2018 People

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Bemm River brigade buys new equipment thanks to RACV grant

Bemm River Fire Brigade recently bought some new equipment thanks to a grant of $2800 from RACV Community Grants.

20 Sep 2018 Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Update from Trevor Owen, Assistant Chief Officer, South East Region

If all indicators are correct, this year’s fire season will start early. It’s important that we focus on preparing ourselves and the communities we serve now for what could be a long bushf ...

30 Aug 2018 Community Safety

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