The Ballan Jockey Club is making the Ballan Cup a special day for hundreds of emergency services personnel who will receive free entry to the meeting on Saturday 10 November at the Geelong Racecourse.
Fire Safe Kids & Captain Don from Dartmoor Fire Brigade.It was all about Fire Safety when the CFA Fire Safe Kids program visited Dartmoor Primary School in South West Victoria this month.With 21 students from Prep to Year 6, the day was broken into a morning and afternoon session. The morning session with the Prep to Year 3 students covered Stop Drop & Roll and Get Down Low and Go Go Go! Great fun was had when the children practiced their Go Go Go under the smoke parachute.
Years on the fireground have led Group Officer Simon Armytage to formulate some golden rules:All you need at a fire is some water, a bit of commonsense and local knowledgeYou can ask a volunteer if they would please do something but don’t ever tell a volunteer what to do.If it’s dark and you’re on a strike team, you must have local knowledge.
On a picturesque, sunny day Peterborough, a small town located on the Great Ocean Road with approximately 200 residents, played host to CFA members for their official truck handover.
The Otways Action Reseach project, a partnership project between CFA and DSE, is assessing the benefits of fire conversations and local fire planning with community members in the Otways.
