On Wednesday 14 November, all Australians are encouraged to wear orange in a united show of thanks for the tremendous work done and commitment shown by our SES volunteers.
FireReady is teaming up with the Melbourne Renegades to help raise awareness of fire safety and spread the ‘Prepare Act Survive’ message throughout the cricket and summer fire seasons.
Rushworth P-12 Year 9 CFA Advance Fire Crew has been named as a finalist in the 2012 Fire Awareness Awards - Education. Volunteers from CFA Waranga Group brigades facilitate the CFA component of the program with a maximum of 16 students selected by the College via application.
On Wednesday 7 November students who make up the CFA Advance Youth Crew at Crusoe Secondary College, East Loddon P-12 and Rushworth P-12 College descended on the CFA training facility at Huntly to compete in the Loddon Mallee Regional Youth Games.
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.
Shepparton Fire Brigade hosted a meeting last week with leaders of the Iraqi community – and hopes that this gathering will be the first of many with ethnic groups from around the area. Story by Peter Dedman.
Six CFA Fire Investigators had the opportunity to attend the Victoria Police Bomb Scene Examination Courses that were held during June and October 2012.