Firefighting Family lucky to escape fire AUTHORITIES say a Colac family is lucky to be alive after a kitchen fire filled their house with smoke. By Alex WhiteMay 16, 2012 Workers quell mill fire QUICK-THINKING timber factory workers prevented a machinery engine fire from spreading throughout a Colac mill. By Alex WhiteMay 2, 2012 Wet weather takes heat out of burns FIREFIGHTERS have burnt off more than 6500 hectares of the Otways this financial year. By Kate DeppelerApril 27, 2012 New truck boosts brigade A NEW truck will boost a Colac district fire brigade. By Kate DeppelerApril 20, 2012 Warning follows burnoffs FIRE authorities have warned landowners to monitor their burnoffs after crews had to control private burnoffs in the Colac district. By Carla OkaiApril 18, 2012 Koalas die in Wye River burnoff THE death of koalas in a State Government burnoff near Wye River have angered wildlife activists. By Alison MartinApril 13, 2012 Illegal fires keep Colac brigades busy FIRE restrictions will remain in force in Colac and district for at least another week, despite people lighting burnoffs without permits. By Alex WhiteApril 9, 2012 Ballarat district brigade takes honours A BALLARAT district fire brigade claimed senior A Grade honours at volunteer firefighting championships in Colac. By Lachlan CowlishawApril 2, 2012 « 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 »