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TWO MORE CALLS ON EASTER SUNDAY – GIVE US A BREAK!

We had two more calls to burn-offs out-of-control on Easter Sunday – one near Lancefield and one off Black Forest Drive. That’s a total of 9 turnouts…

April 6, 2015

WOODEND KEPT ON THE GO WITH FOUR IN A ROW … AND MORE!

At 2pm on Easter Saturday we were called to a Grass & Scrub Fire (G&SF) on Donalds Road, which was contained fairly quickly. As the vehicles were on return…

April 4, 2015

GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL COLLECTION DISRUPTED BY DANGEROUS GRASS FIRE

The Woodend CFA had returned to our Children’s Hospital Collection just after lunch…

April 4, 2015

WE’RE COLLECTING FOR THE KIDS

The CFA Brigades in Woodend, Newham and Hesket-Kerrie will again be on the road on Good Friday collecting for the Children’s Hospital Appeal. Our community is always very generous…

April 2, 2015

DON’T BE AN APRIL FOOL!

Although the Fire Danger Period has now officially ended in some municipalities across Victoria, a Very High Fire Danger Rating has been forecast for much of the state on Wednesday 1 April 2015.

April 1, 2015

RESIDENT TO COMPENSATE FOR ILLEGALLY LIT FIRE

On Monday 16 March a man was prosecuted at the Kyneton Magistrate’s Court for lighting a large fire in Ashbourne in breach of Council’s Local Law…

March 24, 2015

CFA FIRES UP FOR WOODEND CARNIVAL

A fantastic community day at St Ambrose last Saturday. A fun time was had by all kids … both small and grown-up!

March 17, 2015

A 3AM WAKE-UP CALL!

At 3am on Saturday morning we were paged to an MVA on Ashbourne Road, with a possible person trapped. It took nearly an hour for the SES and ambos to get the injured young man out…

March 1, 2015

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