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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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Blue pants mark an era of inclusion for Werribee women runners

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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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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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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Chat with retiring CFA CEO Natalie MacDonald

CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan took some time to chat with CFA CEO Natalie MacDonald just before she retired on July 31.

7 Aug 2024 People

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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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CFA researcher paves the way for women in STEM

Dr Tegan Brown is one of many incredible women researchers paving the way for women and girls who are looking to take on careers in STEM (science technology, engineering and mathematics).

11 Feb 2024 Inclusion and Fairness People Planning and Research

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Death of a member: Garry Mallen, Portland brigade

Today, we mourn the loss of one of our own, Portland Brigade member and former Captain Garry Mallen who passed away this morning while attending a shed fire incident in Portland.

30 Jan 2024 Incidents - Others Others People

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Introducing the CFA Inclusive Language Guide

CFA is committed to creating a safe and inclusive culture - a responsibility we all share.

11 Jan 2024 Inclusion and Fairness People

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Junior leaders share, develop and learn at the 2023 Forum

Lady Northcote Discovery Camp in Glenmore hosted the 2023 Junior Leader Forum on 21-22 October 2023.

27 Oct 2023 Inclusion and Fairness People Youth and Juniors

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Mallacoota's road to recovery

Impacted by the 2019-2020 bushfires, Mallacoota is now seeing a strong recovery with community members playing a big part in its renewal.

9 Sep 2023 Community Safety Incidents - Bushfire People

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Spirit of CFA Award for Excellence in Innovation

Our Community Engagement Program Team and Content Team received the Spirit of CFA Excellence in Innovation Award in recognition of the hard work and planning they put into reaching out to our communit ...

28 Jul 2022 Honours and Awards People

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Dangerous Goods and Infrastructure team recognised with Spirit of CFA Award

If you have a question or issue related to non-traditional fire safety matters, it’s the Dangerous Goods and Infrastructure team (now known as the Specialist Risk and Fire Safety team) that you ...

26 Jul 2022 Honours and Awards People

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Paul Spinks wins Spirit of CFA Living The Values Gold Award

Paul Spinks from District 13 has won the 2022 Spirit of CFA Living the Values Gold Award in this year’s ceremony.

19 Jul 2022 Honours and Awards People

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First woman captain at Port Campbell is celebrated this National Volunteer Week

CFA is celebrating its thousands of volunteers this week as part of National Volunteer Week (May 16-22).

18 May 2022 People

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CFA celebrates volunteers this National Volunteer Week

CFA is celebrating it’s 54,000 volunteers as part of National Volunteer Week which starts on Monday 16 May.

16 May 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Member auditions for The Voice

CFA staff member Bri Dodd has put her talent to the test as a contestant on this year’s season of singing competition The Voice.

2 May 2022 People

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Cultural Diversity Week: Mohini Sashindranath

For CFA’s Acting Chief Financial Officer Mohini Sashindranath, learning about a range of cultures helped her to learn more about herself.

25 Mar 2022 Inclusion and Fairness People

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CFA farewells Nigel McCormick

Nigel McCormick is leaving CFA after nine years as our Chief Financial Officer.

10 Dec 2021 People

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The future of predictive services

Bushfire simulation models and other predictive tools are increasingly used to inform operational and planning decisions and trained fire behaviour analysts (FBANs) provide a range of operational deci ...

29 Sep 2021 Planning and Research

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Busy life balanced by self-care for Moe firefighter

Women’s Health Week runs from 6 - 10 September and focuses on encouraging women to ensure they are setting aside time for their own health and wellbeing.

6 Sep 2021 Health and Safety People

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CFA researcher wins award

Ensuring that research is embedded into practice at CFA isn’t straightforward, but CFA Program Manager Research and Evaluation John Gilbert has been working with Dr Ken Strahan to do just that.

4 Jun 2021 Community Safety Planning and Research

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