Bendigo | 11 May 2012 Volunteer leaders from Victorian emergency service organisations will come together in Bendigo this weekend to attend the two-day Volunteer Leaders’ Conference. Including 150 delegates from the Victoria State Emergency Services (VICSES), Ambulance Victoria and CFA, the forum will focus on volunteer leaders, exposing them to a range of initiatives...
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Big Med Playlist for The Big One | Randy Vera – CFA
Holy crap. It’s the second coming of Eno & Byrne with Tom Verlaine riding shotgun. Boston-based Randy Vera’s hallucinogenic ‘CFA’ is the latest add to the Big Med Playlist for The Big One and this tune will most assuredly carry you through any parts of your next shift that threaten occasional bouts of weirdness....
Victoria | Smartphone FireReady app a hit at expo for CFA
Seymour Alternative Farming Expo | 22 Feb 2012 Huge interest in the new FireReady app was a highlight of last weekend’s CFA display at the Seymour Alternative Farming expo, with large screen demonstrations of the app attracting crowds of onlookers. “I was staggered by the response we got to the live demos,” said Alex...
Victoria | Port of Portland haz mat incident update
Port of Portland | 20 Feb 2012 CFA is continuing to monitor a hazardous materials incident at the Port of Portland. Audio of an interview given by Deputy Chief Officer John Haynes with Mixx FM at 1.30pm today is available here. 120220 CFA DCO John Haynes by cfavic The Liquid Pitch Facility is currently leaking at...
Victoria | CFA Captain Helen Kenney awarded National Emergency Medal
Victoria | 26 Jan 2012 CFA Captain Helen Kenney has been awarded the National Emergency Medal in the 2012 Australia Day Awards. For Helen Kenney, receiving a National Emergency Medal is reflective of the people she has led for the past four years. As captain of the St Andrews Fire Brigade up until last...
Victoria | Evaporative cooler fire alert
Victoria | 22 Jan 2012 Victoria’s electrical safety authority has issued a warning after CFA was called to four fires in the space of three days caused by evaporative cooler units. CFA Acting Deputy Chief Officer Ross Sullivan said the four fires in question involved Brivis evaporative cooler units. “In two of those incidents...
Victoria | Victorian Premier at CFA HQ
Burkwood East | 19 Jan 2012 Premier Ted Baillieu met with CFA Chief Officer Euan Ferguson, CEO Mick Bourke and Chairman Kerry Murphy during a visit to CFA headquarters at Burwood East on Thursday January 19. Mr Ferguson briefed the Premier on the current conditions and fire risk across the state. “We have above...
Victoria | Updating – Toddler plucked from elevator shaft
Dandenong | 16 Jan 2012 Paramedics were amazed to find that a toddler who was stuck in an elevator shaft last night managed to escape unharmed. Advanced life support paramedics from Cranbourne were called to the scene at Dandenong just after 8pm. Paramedic Warren Simpson said that when they arrived they found CFA rescue...
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