A fire that recently tore through an entire Toolamba family home has Victorian fire services calling for residents to inspect the condition of electrical items that are stored in garages.

30 Jul 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Incidents - Structure

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Location markers improve emergency response in Wellington Shire

Residents and visitors to Wellington Shire will now have access to 16 emergency markers in public areas to help identify their location to responders more readily when under duress.

2 Jul 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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Wood heater fire scare for Tatura family

A wood heater fire that tore through the home of a Tatura family has Victoria’s fire services calling for vigilance when warming homes this winter.

13 Jun 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Incidents - Structure

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Fire restrictions to end in parts of the South East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will officially end at 1am on Monday 7 April in the following municipalities within CFA’s District 9, 10 and 27:

2 Apr 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety

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Recent rainfall raises haystack fire concerns

CFA is warning farmers of the dangers of rain affected haystacks after heavy rainfalls of 40 to 100mm were recently recorded across parts of the northwest.

28 Nov 2024 Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions announced for southeast Victoria 

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 1:00am on Monday, December 9, for the following municipalities in CFA’s southeast region:

26 Nov 2024 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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Total Fire Ban for Mallee and Wimmera

A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for the Mallee and Wimmera tomorrow, Saturday 23 November 2024.

22 Nov 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and 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 11, for the following municipalities in CFA’s North East region:

4 Nov 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions announced in the northwest and west

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 01.00am on Monday, November 4, for the following municipalities in CFA’s Northwest and West regions: 

25 Oct 2024 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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Irymple brigade drives up blood donations in Mildura

CFA volunteers rolled up their sleeves and helped boost the blood supply at the Mildura Donor Centre.

27 Aug 2024 Community Safety Health and Safety People

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Fire restrictions to end in Wellington Shire

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish at 1.00am on Monday, 22 April for the following municipalities in CFA’s District 10.

16 Apr 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety

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CFA reminds farmers of harvester safety precautions

Following the warmer, drier conditions experienced in spring, CFA is warning farmers to take care with their upcoming harvesting activities.

16 Nov 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety Incidents - Others Others

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New lead role for peer

Member Donna Lawless is stepping into a new lead role at CFA having recently been elected as the Peer Coordinator for Districts 10 and 27.

14 Jul 2023 Health and Safety People

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Fire restrictions to end across all South East Victoria

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish across local government areas in the South East in the coming weeks.

5 Apr 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety

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CFA warns farmers to protect crops from fire

CFA is warning farmers to take care with their upcoming harvesting, especially after the significant rain this year.

23 Nov 2022 Community Safety Health and Safety People

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Message from DCO North West Region, Gavin Thompson

Last week I was speaking with some of our emergency service partners about the coming fire season, and the consensus of the group was that it was still some time off. Yesterday we had our first total ...

19 Nov 2021 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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