Posts in Category: Emergency services
Risk of flooding for spring
NORTH East SES units are preparing for floods this spring and are urging community members to take notice and get flood ready. The Bureau of…
Higher rainfall may reduce severity of our fire season
THIS year’s bushfire season outlook is looking much less severe thanks to winter rains and a wetter than normal spring predicted but the threat of…
Donations see vital bushfire gear for local brigades ahead of season
THANKS to generous donations of $4.8 million throughout the recent bushfire season, CFA District 23 was allocated almost $200,000 to purchase essential firefighting equipment.
HEALTH CRISIS
UP to 200 Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) workers are in a holding pattern and several patients, including children, are waiting for surgery and treatment until…
PERMIT CHAOS
CONFUSION still reigns on whether Wangaratta is classified as a border town under the Victoria-NSW state lockdown rules in place since early July. People who…
Taking the fight against the coronavirus to Egypt
A WANGARATTA company has secured a contract to help fight the COVID-19 virus in Egypt.
Home-grown talent in lead role in the CFA
LONG-TIME CFA member and former North East assistant chief officer Garry Cook has taken on one of the top positions in the organisation after being…
MP marks FRV the ‘death of CFA’
TANIA Maxwell (MLC, Northern Victoria) claimed the establishment of Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) will be the “death of CFA as we know it” and wore…
First captain in almost 60 years
WITH the creation of Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) the Wangaratta Fire Station will have a captain for the first time since it became integrated with…
left in the dark
CFA volunteer leaders from Wangaratta, Moyhu and Eldorado expressed their disappointment at the State Government’s lack of consultation in the establishment of Fire Rescue Victoria…
CFA encouraged to get pricked and give blood
LOCAL CFA commander Paul Horton is supporting this year’s Emergency Services Blood Challenge and is calling on other members to join in and donate blood.
Multiple explosions as fire engulfs custom cars
WANGARATTA’S CFA was alerted to a fire at Higgins Street last Friday night in which numerous custom cars exploded in a man’s garage.