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 Go to Planned Burn Taskforce women’s workshop
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 Go to Location markers improve emergency response in Wellington Shire
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 Go to Fire restrictions to end in parts of the South East
First fire restrictions to end in East Gippsland The first Fire Danger Period (FDP) restrictions to end in Victoria this fire season will lift at 1.00 am on Monday 17 March for the East Gippsland Shire in CFA’s District 11. 12 Mar 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Go to First fire restrictions to end in East Gippsland
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 Go to Spotting fake messages and account deactivation issues on Meta platforms
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 Go to Fire restrictions announced for southeast Victoria
Brigade protects wildlife Goongerah Fire Brigade, in a remote East Gippsland settlement, was badly impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires. 6 May 2024 Environment Health and Safety Go to Brigade protects wildlife
Local Indigenous knowledge supports community bushfire protection CFA’s only all-Indigenous fire brigade Bunjil will support one of the largest CFA planned and led forest burns on the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust (LTAT) on Tuesday (23 April). 22 Apr 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety Go to Local Indigenous knowledge supports community bushfire protection
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 Go to Fire restrictions to end in Wellington Shire
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 Go to CFA researcher paves the way for women in STEM
Flourishing Families workshops in East Gippsland Build your wellbeing knowledge and connect with other emergency services families at these free workshops in Swifts Creek, Orbost and Buchan. 28 Dec 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers Health and Safety Go to Flourishing Families workshops in East Gippsland
National Nutrition Week Life can get busy. And it when it gets busy, between meeting your volunteering commitments, family, work and general ‘life admin’, often the first thing to suffer is our eating habits. 15 Oct 2023 Health and Safety Go to National Nutrition Week
Women's Health Week Women are performing more roles at CFA than ever before, with many women being elected as brigade captains this year. 4 Sep 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety Go to Women's Health Week
Healthy Bones Action Week Depending on your role and activities in CFA, you may be required to undertake manual handling, get in and out of vehicles or carry out vigorous firefighting. 21 Aug 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety Go to Healthy Bones Action Week
Feedback on updated Working with Children Clearance Policy: deadline approaching We appreciate the feedback that has been received from many members on the updated Working with Children Clearance Policy. Your input is very important and helps inform the changes proposed under the ... 20 Jul 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety Others Go to Feedback on updated Working with Children Clearance Policy: deadline approaching
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 Go to New lead role for peer
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 Go to Fire restrictions to end across all South East Victoria
Cup brings members and community together A special event in Mallacoota was an opportunity for emergency services personnel and community members to come together as the region continues to recover following the Black Summer fires. 27 Oct 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers Health and Safety People Go to Cup brings members and community together
Emergency services prepare for high-risk season in Gippsland Emergency services personnel are coming together over the next four weeks to prepare for this year’s upcoming high-risk season through multi-agency briefings in several locations across Gippslan ... 5 Oct 2022 Operational Information Planning and Research Go to Emergency services prepare for high-risk season in Gippsland
A lesson in rehab Students from Monash University’s School of Rural Health have visited Paynesville brigade to learn about the vital role health monitoring plays in supporting firefighter health and safety. 21 Sep 2022 Health and Safety People Go to A lesson in rehab
Artwork honours local heroes A new mural and statue have been unveiled at the joint SES-CFA facility in Cann River in recognition of the commitment of emergency services members during the 2019-20 bushfires. 15 Jul 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers Health and Safety Incidents - Bushfire Go to Artwork honours local heroes
Paynesville Rehab Unit supports our firefighters Firefighting is hard, hot, physical work that can place a lot of stress on people. It’s important that all emergency workers go home in a healthy condition - which is where our skilled rehab uni ... 15 Nov 2021 Health and Safety Go to Paynesville Rehab Unit supports our firefighters
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 Go to The future of predictive services
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 Go to Busy life balanced by self-care for Moe firefighter