Tag: CFA
In for their chop
More than 1500 people are expected to head to the Greendale Country Pub on Australia Day for its annual woodchop competition.
Pub owners Greg and...
Paige looks to bright future
A year ago Paige Mozjerin had no experience, no job and no idea about what to do about turning her life around.
Now she’s three...
CFA ‘withheld Fiskville information’ from committee
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The Country Fire Authority has been accused of “withholding crucial” information about its Fiskville training site despite repeated efforts by the committee investigating the...
Bacchus Marsh CFA remembers heroic firefighter
Seventy-one years ago, Bacchus Marsh firefighter Gus Spargo saved the life of teenager Terence Shields and was later given a Country Fire Authority lifesaving...
Melton and Moorabool high-risk fire areas
Melton and Moorabool have been identified as among the highest-risk areas for grass and bushfires.
Emergency management commissioner Craig Lapsley said both shires had to...
Melton firefighter returns from US mission
A Melton firefighter was one of 20 Victorian firefighters battling the worst wildfires in the history of the United States.
Dozens of firefighters from around...
CFA rookie recognised for ‘giving back’
Instead of constantly “taking” from the community, Lalitha Koya decided to “give back”.
About two years ago, shortly after the birth of his son, Mr...
Eynesbury CFA gears up to show off new station
Eynesbury Country Fire Authority volunteers have used a small shed as their brigade headquarters for three years – big enough to fit one truck,...
Mayor slams CFA over 41 Fiskville job losses
Moorabool mayor Paul Tatchell has slammed the Country Fire Authority’s decision to make redundant 41 hospitality workers employed at the Fiskville training base, which...
Early start to the fire season predicted
Bushfire season is expected to start early this summer due to a strengthening El Nino weather system and a decade of below-average rainfall.
The Southern...
Brothers at the firefront
Noel Heafield grew up with stories about the Country Fire Authority. It’s the best job in the world, his brothers would say.
The 37-year-old Ballan...
Melton South shed fire put out
Police and the Country Fire Authority were called to a shed fire at a First Avenue, Melton South property on Tuesday afternoon.
The fire...
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New study hub set to open in Melton
Melton will be home to one of 10 new suburban university study hubs, bringing university closer to home for people in Melbourne’s west.
A...
