Firefighting

  • Fire chopper will arrive in December

    COLAC will be the base of a water-bombing helicopter this summer, despite a State Government cut to Victoria’s firefighting aircraft fleet.

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  • Fire victim shares traumatic story

    CRESSY’S Joyce Horne can still remember the morning of February 12, 1977, when she lost her home in a grass fire and shares her story for this week’s Fire Action Week.

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  • Arson attack on Balnagowan mansion

    POLICE are investigating an attempt to burn down an historic Colac mansion.

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  • Residents prepare for evacuation

    LAVERS HILL residents are preparing to evacuate their town.

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  • Black Saturday victim welcomes settlement

    A COLAC district Black Saturday victim says he is heartened to see progress in class action cases against Powercor.

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  • Warning after burnoff escapes

    FIREFIGHTERS have warned Colac district residents to take care when burning off ahead of the fire season.

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  • Evacuation fire drill for Lavers Hill

    AN “EVACUATION-STYLE drill” will test a Colac district town’s reaction to a bushfire.

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  • Councillors oppose fire levy collection

    COLAC district’s civic leaders have opposed a State Government fire services levy proposal which could add 30 per cent to ratepayers’ bills.

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