Tag: CFA
Wyndham fireys lend a hand
Brave firefighters from across Wyndham have been donating their time to help bushfire-affected communities in the state’s east.
Members of several local fire brigades attended...
School fire: Teen arrest
A 14-year-old Werribee boy will face charges following a fire at Manor Lakes P-12 College at the weekend.
Emergency services were called to the school...
Close call for stowaway kitten
Wyndham’s CFA crews put in an pawesome effort when they rescued a stowaway kitten from a car’s engine bay last week.
Members of the Truganina...
Burn-off threat lingers on, council warns
Permits are required for planned burn-offs, even when they’re outside the official fire danger period – that’s the word from Wyndham council to residents.
Community...
Truganina campus blaze
A fire at an unoccupied Islamic school is the latest in a spate of incidents at the Truganina site since the beginning of the...
Blaze damages Werribee drycleaners
A popular Werribee drycleaning business has been extensively damaged in an overnight fire.
At approximately 10.30pm last night, several CFA brigades were called out to...
Commemoration of fire anniversary
By Joanna Catalano
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the devastating Little River bushfires of 1969.
On that day, 230 fires burned across...
Ecoville blaze likely “suspicious”
A fire has destroyed part of the community centre building at Ecoville Park in Tarneit.
CFA crews were called to the Cindia Crescent park just...
Dramatic scenes at Werribee South fire
Firefighters from several brigades attended a house fire in Werribee South yesterday evening.
Werribee CFA's Fourth Lieutenant Brett Packer said his brigade was called to...
Police probe Little River blaze
Police are investigating a fire that burned about 1270 hectares of land in Little River and surrounds on Friday.
The blaze was reported to the...
Fire under control
With The Age
UPDATE: The CFA has amended a fire warning which was issued to residents of the Mambourin and Manor areas earlier today.
Earlier today,...
Station build fires up
A $5.4 million CFA fire station under construction in Tarneit is on track to open in December.
The station, which is funded by the state...
MY WYNDHAM: Dean Cox
Dean Cox has been named the Werribee Fire Brigade's Firefighter of the Year. He has lived in Wyndham for more than four decades.
How did...
Oliver is one fur-tunate feline
Seven-week-old kitten Oliver might have used up one of his nine lives.
Earlier this month, the little furball – who is also known as Olly...
Kyneton CFA calls for more volunteers
Kyneton CFA brigade members are calling for more people to join them helping to keep the community safe.
The brigade is looking for men and...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
