CFA

  • 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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  • Be aware of autumn fire risk

    A late start to summer season means Colac district’s fire risk will continue into autumn, and residents shouldn’t be complacent in the cooler weather.

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  • Chief says firefighting has evolved since 1983

    CFA members and their families have remembered and honoured the 47 Victorians who died in the Ash Wednesday bushfires, including 14 CFA volunteers.

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  • Vehicles cause spate of fires in region

    Fire authorities are warning south-west Victorians to avoid driving vehicles, farm machinery, mowers and motorbikes through dry grass in coming weeks as the weather continues to heat up and vegetation dries out. 

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  • Chemical leak in Murray Street

    Emergency crews have responded to a chemical leak on Colac’s Murray Street near the Connor Street Bulla site.

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  • New trucks for district brigades

    Cobden and Winchelsea CFA brigades will receive new replacement heavy tankers later this year.

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