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Brigades of CFA: St Andrews

St Andrews Fire Brigade have tackled dwindling member numbers head-on with a recruitment campaign aimed at increasing the diversity within the brigade.

24 Feb 2023

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CFA proud to support Good Friday Appeal in 2023

It’s that iconic time of year again when CFA volunteers hit Victorian streets and rattle tins to fundraise for the annual Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal.

24 Feb 2023

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Total Fire Ban for Wimmera and South West

A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for the Wimmera and South West fire weather districts tomorrow, Friday 24 February 2023.

23 Feb 2023

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CFA volunteers check out the season's best emergency aircraft

There was a buzz of excitement as 20 District 8 volunteers approached the Essendon Fields Airbase, already sighting several firefighting aircraft based at the location for the current summer season.

22 Feb 2023

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Brigades battle Flowerdale grassfire

Firefighters and waterbombing aircraft continue to battle a fast moving grassfire which has spread into nearby bushland and forest in Flowerdale which started Tuesday afternoon (21 February) and is no ...

21 Feb 2023

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Grassfire in Briagolong

Just before 5pm on Tuesday 14 February, CFA was called to reports of a grassfire in Briagolong.

21 Feb 2023

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Casterton Fire Brigade opens new station

Casterton Fire Brigade volunteers have celebrated the official opening of their new fire station which will improve their ability to serve the local community.

20 Feb 2023

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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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Total Fire Ban for North Central and Central fire weather district

A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for the North Central and Central fire weather district tomorrow, Friday 17 February 2023.

16 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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