Firefighting

  • District fire officers head to Canada

    NINE south-west Victorian firefighters are travelling to Canada to help fight hundreds of forest fires burning in the country’s west.

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  • Road crash rescues keep brigade busy

    APOLLO BAY Fire Brigade captain Dave Howell says traffic crashes make up 80 per cent of the volunteer brigade’s work, requiring a range of skills.

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  • Hopes for State Budget funds

    COLAC OTWAY Shire Council’s chief says she hopes tomorrow’s State Budget will include funding for Central Reserve, fire refuges in the Otways and improved train services for the region.

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  • Firefighting team to face state’s best

    COLAC district rural firefighters will take on the best in the state at Victorian Rural Fire Brigades Association’s state championships this weekend.

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  • Lavers Hill is priority for next fire refuge

    EMERGENCY Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley says the next community fire refuge the State Government builds will be at Lavers Hill.

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  • Lavers Hill residents want cash for refuge

    LAVERS HILL residents “urgently” need the State Government to fund a community fire refuge which could save hundreds of lives when the Otways face a firestorm.

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  • Colac couple hurt in Princes Highway crash

    A COLAC husband and wife were in a serious, but stable condition last night after their car hit a concrete power pole on the Princes Highway east of Colac yesterday.

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  • 640-hectare burnoff today at Barongarook

    AUTHORITIES plan to ignite a 640-hectare burnoff today at Barongarook, south of Colac.

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