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First fire restrictions announced for the north-east

The Fire Danger period will commence at 1am on Monday, 10 November 2025 for the following municipalities in CFA’s North East Region.

31 Oct 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety

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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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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 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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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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