District 17 News

CFA has declared that the Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin from 1am on 19 November, 2012 for the following municipalities.

Two people escaped uninjured after fire broke out in their Horsham house in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

CFA has declared that the Fire Danger Period (FDP) will commence from 1am on 12 November, 2012 for the following municipalities.

On a glorious, sunny Sunday 14 October, some 25 CFS and CFA appliances came together at the Kybybolite football club in SA for a joint CFS/CFA field day.

In this quarterly interview published in Brigade magazine, CFA member Brownyn Hastings from Dimboola brigade shares an insight into her role at CFA and what motivated her to join.

CFA is urging all Victorians to keep fire out of their home following a number of incidents this winter.

“I was born and bred south of Kaniva on the Edenhope Road 44 years ago,” says Jacci Rabone. “My parents were CFA through and through. Dad was captain of Lawloit, Mum did the catering as the captain’s wife and I was the tomboy of the family.Talk about local knowledge on the CFA Connect forum

Grampians Regional Director, Don Kelly has been awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his outstanding service to CFA.

As reported in The Border Mail, CFA crews have rescued a 3-year-old boy who squeezed his arm into the one-way chute of a Wodonga Shopping Centre vending machine and became trapped.

A CFA team is finding success at reaching people in the unlikeliest of places