Posts in Category: Emergency services
Rail deaths nation’s worst
THE high number of deaths by train in Victoria has been highlighted as an issue that needs attention during discussion of a Bill in parliament…
Cattle killed and cars damaged as a small tornado strikes near Peechelba
A SMALL tornado touched down for several minutes and cut a narrow path of destruction just north of Peechelba on Friday afternoon, killing cattle and…
CFA calls for more local volunteers
WANGARATTA Fire Brigade has encouraged community-minded men and women who believe they have what it takes to protect their local community as a volunteer firefighter…
Police take action on local driver behaviour
WANGARATTA Highway Patrol has reminded the community that “road safety is everyone’s responsibility” and “enough is enough” ahead of the National Day of Action initiative…
Frontline focus on family violence
WANGARATTA police will aim for a higher reporting rate of family violence across the region as a result of the state-wide launch of the family…
CFA families break-in new training facility
COUNTRY Fire Authority (CFA) members brought around 70 of their family members along to Wangaratta’s practical area drill (PAD) facility open day event on Sunday…
CFA training facility re-opens after major $3.5m upgrade
AFTER 18 months, Wangaratta’s Country Fire Authority (CFA) practical area drill (PAD) has completed its $3.5 million upgrades and was reopened for trainees across the…
Drones to lift police presence
AIRBORNE drones will help lift Wangaratta police’s presence in coming months.
Police keen to build on their relationship with community
LOCAL police were joined by members of the community for morning tea on Monday to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in celebration of…
Truck fire shuts down Hume Freeway
FIREFIGHTERS were forced to close-off the Hume Freeway for three hours to extinguish an inferno which consumed a prime mover carrying packaged food near Byawatha…
Quick response contains motel blaze to one unit
COUNTRY Fire Authority (CFA) firefighters from Wangaratta and Glenrowan were quick to bring a destructive single unit fire under control at Wangaratta’s Gardenview Lodge Motel…
MPs split over CFA split
STATE upper house members elected to represent Northern Victoria remain split over controversial legislation proposing to restructure Victoria’s fire services.