District 10 News

Gippsland schools joined forces to participate in an Emergency Services Day at Bundalaguah Primary School on Wednesday 20 June 2012.

Captain Ian Ewart has been recognised by the Queen for his services to the Traralgon community with an Order of Australia Medal.

It takes a couple of goes to catch Frances and George Burns for a chat; they’re busy preparing their Seaspray home along with neighbours’ properties for the rising floodwaters that have hit Gippsland hard in the last week.

Around 50 of Gippsland’s most enthusiastic volunteers attended the inaugural Gippsland Community Engagement Forum in Sale at the end of May.

CFA was called to attend an ammonia leak in Maffra early this evening (Tues 29 May) which occurred during regular maintenance work at a dairy company.

The Nambrok community came together last Friday to pay tribute to members of the town's fire brigade and to officially open the new fire station.

On Wednesday 16 May the Maffra Fire Brigade, represented by Ron Hewlitt and Emily Durbridge, visited the Maffra Senior Citizens Group for a chat.

The Boisdale Brigade had a training day at the Boisdale Consolidated School on Sunday 20 May.

On Saturday 26 May, the Coongulla community came together to pay tribute to past and present members of Coongulla Fire Brigade and to officially hand over the keys to their new truck.

Brigade members from the Avon Group of Fire Brigades gathered at the Stratford Fire Station on a bright Sunday morning for a briefing from Ken Baxter to kick off the group's IMT exercise.