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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Victoria's fire season officially ends with final restrictions lifted

Following welcomed rainfall that saw up to 70mm reach parts of northeast Victoria over the last five days, fire restrictions will now ease for Towong Shire Council on Friday 30 May at 1.00am.

28 May 2025 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions extended into winter

CFA has further extended the Fire Danger Period (FDP) in parts of northeast Victoria as underlying dryness continues to elevate fire risk.

21 May 2025 Community Safety Incidents - Bushfire People

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Community safety in the alps

The 2019-20 fires were the catalyst for Steve Belli’s interest in community resilience and recovery.

29 Apr 2025 Community Safety

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Fire restrictions announced in parts of the northeast

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 01.00am on Monday, November 18, for the following municipalities in CFA’s North East region:

7 Nov 2024 Community Safety People

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Alpine community engagement

Engaging with the community is a key strategy CFA uses to reduce fire risk and increase community preparedness. This becomes especially important when you consider the high number of visitors during a ...

14 Aug 2024 Community Safety

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Shelley Burn Camp a great success

The Shelley Burn Camp in north-east Victoria is unique because it occurs in one of the highest locations in the state, and because it’s a collaborative training exercise between CFA and Hancock ...

21 May 2024 Community Safety Training and Recruitment

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Fire restrictions to end in remainder of North East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish at 1.00am on Monday, 15 April for the remainder of the North East region in the following municipalities in CFA’s District 12, 13, 23 and 24.

8 Apr 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions announced for the North East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 01.00am on Monday, 27 November for CFA’s North East region, including the following municipalities in District’s 22, 23, 24 and 12.

17 Nov 2023 Environment Community Safety

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2023 North East Emergency Expo

The North East Emergency Expo was held on 14 October at Corryong Recreation Reserve.

30 Oct 2023 Community Safety Partnerships

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Brigade reaches the community through radio

During the 2009 fires, as the inferno approached the small town of Mount Beauty, the Incident Control Centre at Mount Beauty Fire Station needed to get crucial messages to the community.

30 Oct 2023 Community Safety Partnerships

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Don’t let your guard down this snow season

This long weekend marks the official start of the Victorian snow season and while the colder weather will see a shift in fire risk, CFA is asking visitors to be safe around fire inside their homes or ...

9 Jun 2023 Community Safety

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Autumn planned burns to commence in North East

Country Fire Authority (CFA) will take advantage of favourable weather and forest conditions to undertake planned burns across northeast Victoria in the coming weeks to reduce the threat of bushfires ...

16 Mar 2023 Environment Community Safety Operational Information

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Fire restrictions announced for areas in District 24

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 01.00am on Monday 19th December 2022 for the following municipalities in CFA’s North East Region:

8 Dec 2022 Community Safety Operational Information

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Cool new pumpers for alpine fire brigades

Victoria’s alpine communities will be further protected, with CFA welcoming three new specialised firefighting vehicles to its alpine brigades in time for the 2022 snow season.

10 Jun 2022 Community Safety Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Solar panel project underway as CFA celebrates Earth Day

CFA is recognising Earth Day today, Friday 22 April, with a group of CFA brigades in North East Victoria preparing to install solar panels and batteries on 12 fire stations to increase the resilience ...

22 Apr 2022 Environment Community Safety

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North East Region comes together to deliver fuel reduction burns

Volunteers from across the North East have come together to deliver fuel reduction burns in Longwood, Violet Town, Ruffy, Allans Flat and Tallangatta ahead of what is expected to be a busy fire season ...

10 Dec 2021 Environment Community Safety

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North-east harvester fires prompts warning to farmers

Farmers celebrating the potential for bumper crops following decent winter and spring rainfall have been warned by CFA to take care when harvesting the welcome yields.

3 Dec 2021 Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions announced for Wodonga and surrounds

CFA has declared the Fire Danger Period for the Rural City of Wodonga, Alpine Shire, Indigo Shire, Towong Shire, Mt Hotham Alpine Resort, and Falls Creek Alpine Resort.

1 Dec 2021 Community Safety

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Framework hits the ground

With succession planning a priority for their brigades and groups, District 24’s DPC and Catchment Teams have participated in a workshop on CFA’s new Succession Planning Framework to deter ...

9 Aug 2021 Planning and Research

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