Ahead of the looming fire season, a recent CFA survey revealed that 40 per cent of Victorians living in bushfire-prone areas do not have a bushfire plan in place to save their family.

1 Sep 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Incidents - Bushfire

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Share your stories

CFA volunteers can reach a wide audience by uploading their stories and photos to the CFA News and Media website.

29 Aug 2025 Others

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Horses and bushfire - new photos on Digital Library

New photos on CFA’s Digital Library showcase practical steps to prepare horses for bushfire season.

29 Aug 2025 Community Safety

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Structural PPC requests now only processed through Digital Store

CFA's Digital Store has been live for a month, with more than 1,300 items distributed from the State Logistics Centre from Digital Store orders. Included below are important updates to the orderi ...

29 Aug 2025 Operational Information People Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Building a future-focused CFA: What’s ahead in 2025

To support our strategic goal of becoming a future-focused organisation, we’re developing a series of streamlined solutions that will make it easier for members to access support, manage equipme ...

29 Aug 2025 Others

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Melton marks 90 years of devoted service

Having served the community since 1935, Melton Fire Brigade has gathered with grateful community members to celebrate their 90-year anniversary in a highly anticipated extravaganza.

28 Aug 2025 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers Operational Information

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Victorians urged to prepare for increased risk of bushfire this spring

Victoria is likely to experience an early start to the fire season this spring, with drought-affected areas facing an increased risk, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for spring.

28 Aug 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Incidents - Bushfire

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Planned Burn Taskforce women’s workshop

Over two days, 16 women from CFA’s Planned Burn Taskforce (PBTF) came together to identify options to increase participation and ensure CFA’s planned burning deployments continue to provid ...

28 Aug 2025 Inclusion and Fairness Planning and Research

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Statewide radio rollout reaches final stage

A program to replace CFA’s current radio fleet is nearing completion, delivering nearly 18,000 modern radios to brigades across the state.

27 Aug 2025 Operational Information Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Deepest sympathies to our colleagues at Victoria Police

On behalf of the CFA Board, CEO and Chief Officer and all members of the CFA, we express our deepest sympathies to our colleagues at Victoria Police on the loss of two officers in the line of duty.&nb ...

26 Aug 2025 Community Safety Incidents - Others Others

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Submit video questions for Chief Officer

CFA members can now submit video questions to the Chief Officer for broadcast during the monthly Volunteer Forums.

26 Aug 2025 Operational Information Training and Recruitment Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Let’s talk: R U OK? Day – Thursday 11 September

R U OK? Day is coming up, and it’s a timely reminder for all of us at CFA - volunteers and staff alike – to pause and check in with one another.

26 Aug 2025 Health and Safety

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CFA launches Psychosocial Hazard Survey

We are taking a proactive step toward enhancing the psychological health of our members with the launch of a psychosocial hazard survey.

25 Aug 2025 Health and Safety

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‘Scarred’ book brings Bayindeen fire stories to life

When the Bayindeen-Rocky Road fires tore through the Mount Cole region in February 2024, they left more than a blackened landscape, they left a tapestry of unique stories in need of being told.

25 Aug 2025 Incidents - Bushfire Incidents - Others Others People

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Four south-east brigades join lifesaving program

Four brigades in Victoria’s south-east are part of 26 CFA brigades now trained and ready to respond to select medical Triple Zero (000) calls as part of a new program that officially commenced i ...

22 Aug 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Training and Recruitment

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Langley-Barfold celebrates a century of service

From the early days of knapsacks, beaters and buckets to fight fires, Langley-Barfold Fire Brigade has proudly celebrated 100 years of serving and protecting their community.

21 Aug 2025 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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