Werribee Fire Brigade has made a small but significant change to their championships running uniforms, moving away from the traditional white running pants to a matching blue pant.

10 Apr 2025 Events / Fundraising / Offers People Youth and Juniors

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New children's programs coming soon

CFA's new children's offerings are nearly here.

4 Apr 2025 Community Safety Training and Recruitment

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Spotting fake messages and account deactivation issues on Meta platforms

In the past 12 months we have seen an increase in the number of fake messages, emails and comments on CFA Meta channels – these include Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

28 Feb 2025 Health and Safety Others People

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Staff profile: Meet Raya Darcy

Raya Darcy is a Program Designer in the Training Design and Development team.

5 Feb 2025 Training and Recruitment

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CFA and Ambulance Victoria launch life-saving program

Nine CFA brigades are trained and ready to respond to select medical Triple Zero calls as part of a new program that will officially commence on 27 November.

13 Nov 2024 Community Safety Incidents - Others Others

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Appointment of CFA CEO - Greg Leach AFSM

I am delighted to announce that following an extensive search Greg Leach AFSM has been appointed by the Victorian Government as the new Chief Executive Officer for CFA.

11 Oct 2024 Others People

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Igniting new skills in fire investigation

Cara Disint’s commitment to her local community is undeniable. A firefighter for 23 years, first with Stanhope Fire Brigade and now with Mooroopna, she is also Mooroopna Fire Brigade’s 2nd ...

25 Sep 2024 Community Safety Training and Recruitment

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Women's hot fire training Day at Wangaratta training campus

The training day on 18 August brought together more than 20 dedicated volunteer firefighters, including volunteer PAD instructors, with the support of staff at VEMTC Wangaratta training campus.

27 Aug 2024 People Training and Recruitment

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Junior Leader Forum 2024

Calling all Junior leaders. This is a rare regional opportunity for Junior leaders to come together in person to develop skills and ensure they are up to date with new developments in the youth space.

20 Aug 2024 Events / Fundraising / Offers Training and Recruitment Youth and Juniors

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Fireline leadership returns to CFA

As part of OD&T’s development of sector commander and crew leader courses, we have been investigating options to offer operational leadership elements as optional training for our fireground lea ...

5 Aug 2024 Training and Recruitment

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Tatura local puts her own spin on being a volunteer

CFA volunteer Charlotte Freemantle goes above and beyond to prove her versatility by serving the community with three brigades.

13 Jun 2024 People Training and Recruitment Youth and Juniors

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Volunteers receive peer support training

The latest cohort of peer support members underwent training to offer mental health and wellbeing support to fellow CFA members.

13 Jun 2024 Incidents - Others Others People

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Certificate IV in Leadership and Management course for volunteers to launch in June

The VLD team received 149 Expressions of Interest from dedicated volunteers across all five regions.

13 Jun 2024 Others People Training and Recruitment

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Newly updated home fire safety e-learning module for people at higher risk

The ‘Prevent Detect Escape: Home Fire Safety for people at higher risk’ e-learning module has just been updated and is now available.

24 May 2024 Community Safety Training and Recruitment

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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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Large grass and scrub fire in Mooroopna North

Firefighters battled a grass and scrub fire yesterday following sightings of two columns of smoke at Mooroopna North.

8 May 2024 Incidents - Bushfire Incidents - Others Others

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Board meeting heads to North East Region

The CFA Board travelled to Seymour, Nagambie, Shepparton and Mooroopna as part of its March meeting.

11 Apr 2024 Others People

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Fire restrictions to end in parts of North East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish at 1.00am on Monday, 8 April in the following municipalities in CFA’s District 22:

4 Apr 2024 Others

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CFA/VFBV State Firefighter Championships come to a close

More than 75 CFA urban and rural brigades have left their mark in Mooroopna during March as the 2024 CFA/VFBV State Firefighter Championships officially come to an end.

25 Mar 2024 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers Youth and Juniors

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Updated CFA Style Guide now available

The CFA Style Guide has been updated and is now available in the Template Toolkit On Members Online.

19 Mar 2024 Others

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Improving our communications to members

Improved digital search capability for Members Online, regular quarterly editions of Brigade magazine and exploring new options for localised communications are some of the actions CFA is taking follo ...