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Tag Archives: CFA
Fire Action Week 2020
Message from Harriet Shing MP Victorians are being urged to prepare for the upcoming summer fire season with Fire Action Week. Fire and rescue agencies have started their preparations under a COVIDSafe plan this year to ensure burns and fuel … Continue reading
Posted in Community, News, What's On
Tagged CFA, fire safety
Knox Community responds generously to bushfire tragedy
The bushfire crisis across Victoria and around the country has dominated headlines this summer. In this time of great tragedy, we have seen the very best of the Knox community. Knox Council has been inundated with messages from residents looking … Continue reading
Posted in Community, News
Tagged bushfires, CFA, fire safety, Nicole Seymour
Bushfire Information 2020
It is important that residents source consistent information to ensure there’s no confusion, especially in relation to such crucial issues as bushfire. Residents who are eager to have localised, specific information and warnings regarding their local area (both within and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, News
Tagged bushfires, CFA, fire safety
Happy 75th Birthday – Ferntree Gully CFA
On 14 July 2017, Ferntree Gully Volunteer CFA Fire Brigade celebrated seven and a half decades of unbroken voluntary service to our community and the State of Victoria. The gala dinner at the Knox Civic Centre was the highlight of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CFA, community, history, volunteers
CFA: Volunteering since 1926
A Captain’s Call in a proud tradition Captain Seamus Smith reflects on the history of Ferntree Gully CFA, and some of the current challenges faced. When our member Graham Crichton asked me to write an article for the Ferntree Gully News, … Continue reading
Posted in Community
Tagged CFA, history, volunteers
Storytime at the Ferntree Gully Fire Station
On Friday morning, 19 June, Ferntree Gully Fire Brigade in conjunction with the Ferntree Gully Eastern Regional Library, held their fourth ‘Fun Story Time’ at the Ferntree Gully Fire Station. There were loads of activities for the children including stories … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Safety
Tagged CFA, ERL Library, fire safety, storytime
