Martin Anderson

Point Cook residents were rocked by a large explosion on Sunday evening during a fire in a garage.

The Fire Services Commissioner is asking the Victorian community to help inform the future direction of online emergency information by completing a quick survey on the Emergency Vic website.

CFA and DSE firefighters have contained a blaze 4kms north of Branxholme in western Victoria.

CFA Strike Team 2201 has joined the joint emergency services effort in Nathalia to protect the levee around the town this weekend.

CFA's emergency social media platforms have been highlighted in an article in The Age about the risks and opportunities of online communication.

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The 2012 Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Junior State Urban Championships - one of the biggest social and sporting gatherings on the CFA/VFBV calendar - is underway in Horsham.

Point Cook Fire Brigade members are joining forces with local community groups, community members and other emergency services to raise money for this year's Good Friday Appeal.

Firefighters were called to the landfill site at Wests Road in Werribee just after 5pm this evening after reports of large plumes of black smoke.

More than 70 firefighters battled a large grass fire north of Clunes on Monday, which burnt out 20 hectares of grassland.