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150 years strong at Rochester Fire Brigade

Rochester Fire Brigade marked their sesquicentennial of service over the weekend with a torchlight procession, followed by a community barbecue and fireworks to conclude the evening.

28 May 2025 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Nhill welcomes new light tanker and field command vehicle

Nhill Fire Brigade has officially received the keys to their new light tanker and field command vehicle, celebrating the additions to the engine bay alongside fellow members.

21 May 2025 Events / Fundraising / Offers Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Wimmera pair join forces to take on state’s best

Two young women from the Wimmera are teaming up to make their mark at this year’s CFA/VFBV Firefighting State Championships that take place during the last two weekends in March at Mooroopna.

28 Feb 2025 Events / Fundraising / Offers Training and Recruitment Youth and Juniors

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Rochester Emergency Services Hub finds home base

Rochester Fire Brigade and Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) Rochester Unit volunteers got a first glimpse of their new co-located site this week, with the land search excitingly coming to an ...

18 Dec 2024 Events / Fundraising / Offers Operational Information Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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CFA members participate in toy run

Residents of Campaspe Shire suffered devastating floods in 2022 and 2023. The Red Knights Chapter 14, a motorcycle club for fire service volunteers, wanted to support the affected Rochester community.

16 Dec 2024 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Inglewood celebrates momentous 160th anniversary

Inglewood Fire Brigade marked a significant milestone over the weekend, celebrating its 160th anniversary with a special dinner to honour its long-serving members.

16 Oct 2024 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Local north west firefighters awarded National Emergency Medals

140 local volunteer firefighters and CFA staff members have been honoured with National Emergency Medals for their efforts in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire crisis.

24 Sep 2024 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers Incidents - Bushfire

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Kaniva celebrates 100 years of community service and resilience

Kaniva Fire Brigade proudly marked a century of service to the local community with a historic dinner and award ceremony, last Friday night.

18 Sep 2024 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Wyuna fire brigade welcomes new Filipino members

Wyuna brigade, in the Goulburn Valley has recently welcomed more diversity into its ranks with four volunteers recently joining the brigade from the Philippines.

26 Jul 2024 Inclusion and Fairness People Training and Recruitment

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Indigenous junior member leads by example

An Indigenous junior member and aspiring leader is encouraging other Indigenous people to join CFA so they can continue to help save the land.

30 May 2024 Inclusion and Fairness People Youth and Juniors

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VESEP applications are now open

Applications for the 2024-25 round of the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program (VESEP) are now open.

19 Apr 2024 Events / Fundraising / Offers People Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Volunteer Forum highlights many faces of CFA

This month's Volunteer Forum was broadcast live from Rochester Fire Brigade in District 20, one year on from the major floods of 2022.

30 Nov 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers Operational Information Training and Recruitment

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New heavy tanker officially handed over to Inglewood volunteers

Inglewood Fire Brigade has welcomed the arrival of a new fire truck that will boost the brigade’s ability to serve their community.

6 Nov 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers Vehicles / Equipment / Buildings

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Cohuna fire brigade celebrates 100 years

Cohuna Fire Brigade’s 100th anniversary may be one year later, but the brigade is making up for that with two weekends of events to celebrate.

3 Nov 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Warracknabeal opens bigger and better fire station

Warracknabeal Fire Brigade members celebrated the official opening of their new fire station on Thursday, 7 September.

7 Sep 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Dimboola celebrates new fire station

Dimboola Fire Brigade members gathered today to celebrate the official opening of their new fire station.

7 Sep 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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AFL legend speaks at flood recovery events

Former AFL star Tom Boyd has shared his journey with mental health and resilience at a series of events to acknowledge the efforts of volunteers during Victoria’s 2022-23 flood emergency.

19 Apr 2023 Events / Fundraising / Offers Health and Safety Incidents - Others Others

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West Region's Volunteer Sustainability Team come together

For the first time since the pandemic began, and after several false starts, the West Region Volunteer Sustainability Team finally came together. Over two days in early September the team regrouped, e ...

26 Sep 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers Others People

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Clean sweep at World Police and Fire Games

A CFA member has cleaned up at the World Police and Fire Games in Rotterdam, bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals.

7 Sep 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Mark Spenceley honoured at Creswick Fire Brigade dinner

Creswick Fire Brigade held its annual awards dinner over the weekend, with Chief Officer Jason Heffernan in attendance to acknowledge a number of members being awarded with service awards, life member ...

21 Jun 2022 Honours and Awards Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Echuca celebrates 150 years of community service

Echuca Fire Brigade has come a long way from its inception in 1872, when the local council called for applications for those willing to join a fire brigade. Twelve men joined and Echuca Borough Counci ...

8 Jun 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Good Friday Appeal a cause close to Kyabram's heart

For Mick and Sharon Crompton, their involvement in the Good Friday Appeal is more than just a way to raise funds for a good cause.

25 Mar 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Silo art pays homage to CFA's history

CFA has been honoured with a feature on a new silo artwork in Colbinabbin.

8 Feb 2022 Events / Fundraising / Offers Others

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A celebration of CFA’s rural women

The vital role of women to their communities, their brigades, and to CFA as an organisation is being celebrated as CFA marks International Rural Women’s Day on 15 October.

15 Oct 2021 Events / Fundraising / Offers Inclusion and Fairness People

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