CFA

  • Firefighter shortage hits crew

    Yeodene’s Rural Fire Brigade needs volunteers to help it continue serving and protecting the Yeodene community.  

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  • Weather conditions ensure smoke will linger

    The easing of fire restrictions and cool autumn weather means people can expect to see a host of burnoffs and smoke across the Colac district, including private and public burns.

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  • Gas leak forces Colac office staff to evacuate

    Emergency services have responded to a gas leak on Colac’s Bromfield Street.

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  • Two hospitalised after Larpent tractor ignites

    Firefighters have extinguished a tractor fire that caught alight while sowing grass seeds west of Colac.

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  • Fire danger period ends

    CFA district six assistant chief fire officer Craig Brittain says the Colac district got through the fire danger period relatively unscathed but wants to improve community awareness about the fire danger period.

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  • Police investigate fire carelessness on extreme day

    Police will investigate two illegal burns in the Colac district, as the region faced hot and windy weather and high fire danger.

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  • Total fire ban for Saturday

    Colac and district will have a total fire ban tomorrow, with warm weather and strong winds.

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  • Crew stops stump fire close to Meredith Park

    Firefighters have extinguished a fire in a tree stump near Meredith Park on Lake Colac’s northern bank, as hundreds of people camped nearby.

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