You are here:HomeAbout UsWhat We Do Our Community Role in Fire Safety We are Victoria’s volunteer fire service, operating across the state to reduce the occurrence and impacts of fire and other emergencies Visit page: Our Community Role in Fire Safety Environmental Services Ensuring CFA complies with environmental and other associated legislative requirements. Providing professional advice about firefighting and environmental hazards and considerations. Visit page: Environmental Services Forest Industry Plantations In November 1997, the Victorian Government introduced legislation requiring forest plantation companies to form fire brigades when their plantation assets reached a critical size. Visit page: Forest Industry Plantations Stations and Trucks CFA relies on a range of fire stations and trucks to meet the needs of the community it serves. Visit page: Stations and Trucks Planned Burning CFA brigades conduct planned burning which reduce fuels to minimise the impact and spread of bushfire. Visit page: Planned Burning Grassland Curing Observations Weekly observations about how dry the grasslands are in their area and provide CFA an overall picture of Victoria's grassfire risk. Visit page: Grassland Curing Observations Training Centres CFA runs eight of the nine Victorian Emergency Management Training Centres (VEMTC). Visit page: Training Centres Talking with the Community Engaging with communities is critical for CFA to keep them prepared for and safe from fire. Visit page: Talking with the Community Emergency Response 365 days a year, CFA members respond to emergency incidents across Victoria. Visit page: Emergency Response Programs CFA has programs and publications to assist people working in the rural landscape to make bushfire planning and operations as environmentally sustainable as possible. Visit page: Programs Fighting fires around transmission lines With over 6,500 kilometres of transmission lines in Victoria our volunteers have experience fighting fires around transmission lines. Visit page: Fighting fires around transmission lines Page last updated: Wednesday, 19 February 2025 5:05:10 PM
Our Community Role in Fire Safety We are Victoria’s volunteer fire service, operating across the state to reduce the occurrence and impacts of fire and other emergencies Visit page: Our Community Role in Fire Safety
Environmental Services Ensuring CFA complies with environmental and other associated legislative requirements. Providing professional advice about firefighting and environmental hazards and considerations. Visit page: Environmental Services
Forest Industry Plantations In November 1997, the Victorian Government introduced legislation requiring forest plantation companies to form fire brigades when their plantation assets reached a critical size. Visit page: Forest Industry Plantations
Stations and Trucks CFA relies on a range of fire stations and trucks to meet the needs of the community it serves. Visit page: Stations and Trucks
Planned Burning CFA brigades conduct planned burning which reduce fuels to minimise the impact and spread of bushfire. Visit page: Planned Burning
Grassland Curing Observations Weekly observations about how dry the grasslands are in their area and provide CFA an overall picture of Victoria's grassfire risk. Visit page: Grassland Curing Observations
Training Centres CFA runs eight of the nine Victorian Emergency Management Training Centres (VEMTC). Visit page: Training Centres
Talking with the Community Engaging with communities is critical for CFA to keep them prepared for and safe from fire. Visit page: Talking with the Community
Emergency Response 365 days a year, CFA members respond to emergency incidents across Victoria. Visit page: Emergency Response
Programs CFA has programs and publications to assist people working in the rural landscape to make bushfire planning and operations as environmentally sustainable as possible. Visit page: Programs
Fighting fires around transmission lines With over 6,500 kilometres of transmission lines in Victoria our volunteers have experience fighting fires around transmission lines. Visit page: Fighting fires around transmission lines