Bendigo Fire Brigade in Bendigo, Victoria | Fire station

Bendigo Fire Brigade

Locality: Bendigo, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5443 8666

Address: 145 Hargreaves Street 3550 Bendigo, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au

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25.01.2022 Emergency Medical Response (EMR) has become a big part of our role, which sees firefighters responding to support Ambulance Victoria at life threatening emergencies. Remember - if you call for an ambulance, dont be afraid if a fire truck also arrives CFA (Country Fire Authority) CFA Chief Officer #cfa #firerescue JG

25.01.2022 What have you packed in your Emergency Kit? Your Emergency Kit should contain essential items - like important documents, water, a mobile phone and charger, medicines and a change of clothes. https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepa/what-to-take-with-you

24.01.2022 Temperatures are set to reach 44 degrees and above in some parts of Victoria today. Never leave kids, adults or pets in hot cars. #survivetheheat

23.01.2022 As of 0800 on the 1st July 2020 it will mark a historical date for Victorias Fire Services. Victoria will see an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the Career Firefighters and Officers of the Country Fire Authority. They will be known as Fire Rescue Victoria. This change will have an impact on the Bendigo CFA. The 51 Career Firefighters and Officers who are appointed to the Bendigo CFA will be leaving the Brigade to become the inaugural employees of Bendigos ...Fire Rescue Victoria Station 73. Those members will continue to provide you with the service you have grown to know - Emergency Medical Response, Hazardous Material Incidents, Road Crash Rescue Support, and of course the containment and suppression of all types of Fires. Station 73 will be located at 145 Hargreaves Street, the same location where Bendigos Firefighters have been since 1983. The long and proud history of Bendigo CFA will continue to exist, providing a support role to Fire Rescue Victoria locally, surrounding brigades and of course, the state of Victoria during the bushfire season as a fully Volunteer Fire Brigade. Bendigo CFA will continue to be located at the co-located CFA/Fire Rescue Victoria Station in Hargreaves Street. As our Career Firefighters branch away to continue to provide fire and rescue services to our community with FRV, there will still be a fire truck responding to incidents today as they were yesterday, however the badges and uniforms may be different. BM

22.01.2022 Tomorrow has been declared a TOTAL FIRE BAN Tomorrow Thursday the 19th of December has been declared a Total Fire Ban for the Northern Country and North E...ast Fire districts of Victoria. No fires can be lit or be allowed to remain lit in the open air from 12:01 AM until 11:59 PM. Tomorrow in Bendigo there is an expected temperature of 38 Degrees and a fire Danger Rating of Severe! Conditions tomorrow are expected to be hot and dry and if a fire was to start it may be uncontrollable in the first instances. If you see any Emergency services proceeding lights and sirens please move out of the way as minutes could count in this weather. If Emergency Services are parked or moving slowly on the roadway with their red and blue lights flashing please abide by the 40 k/ph road speed if applicable. The safest thing you can do is enact your fire plan now! Please keep yourself hydrated and check on your elderly neighbours and family. Please do not leave children or pets in cars. Your safest option is to leave early until the conditions cool down especially if your property is unprepared. It is your responsibility to know what you CAN and CAN NOT do during the fire danger period and Total Fire Ban days. CFA will take a ZERO tolerance to illegal burning off during the FDP and Total Fire Ban days. If you are traveling please be aware of the conditions along your route and at your destination. For any warning please visit the following link - https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions Or down load the VicEmergency APP from the Apple store or Google Play. This page DOES NOT post real time warnings.

22.01.2022 Keep up to date at www.cfa.vic.gov.au for information on todays fire danger rating which is currently set at Severe. A day of Total Fire Ban has been declared for Bendigos area - Northern Country for Monday 9th December. See the video below on more information regarding burning off restrictions.... - JG

21.01.2022 We are there when our communities need us most, and as of this week all 38 CFA career and integrated stations will offer Road Crash Rescue support skills allowi...ng faster access to patients. This long weekend, please make every journey a safe one, motor vehicle collisions leave a lasting effect on our communities long after we have left the scene.

20.01.2022 Video #2 of last weeks rope rescue drill at the Bendigo Hospital. CFA (Country Fire Authority)Bendigo Health

18.01.2022 Code Red fire danger rating for Bendigo tomorrow. Now is the time to enact your bushfire plan. Stay safe! For more information please go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au JG

18.01.2022 "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. B Shift firefighters this morning gathering around the flag to remember those who fought for our freedom. Lest we forget.

17.01.2022 Reminder that we are conducting Fire Ready Victoria sessions tommorow and thursday in the Strathdale area. We have conducted a letter drop to the targeted areas last week. If you live in the area and didnt receive a letter feel free to attend.... These sessions are aimed at houses that back onto the urban bush interface. BM.

16.01.2022 HAZMAT gas suit training for some of our firefighters, and a couple of shots from the auto shop fire near Golden Square earlier this week - courtesy of The Bendigo Advertiser CFA (Country Fire Authority) CFA Chief Officer #firerescue #hazmat JG

16.01.2022 Please check out a video by one of the local CFA community safety members about information for the fire season which commenced in the City of Greator Bendigo at 1am this morning, 11th November 2019. https://www.facebook.com/2238173906454916/posts/2479282359010735/ BM.

16.01.2022 Thanks to 9 year old Mackenzi, who sent us in this 3D drawing she did showing that even though we have a very busy fire season currently that there is light at the end of the tunnel. BM.

15.01.2022 CFA (Country Fire Authority) Bendigo Health

15.01.2022 Lives are at stake - act now. If you can stay home, you MUST stay home. Lets put lives first. We can manage coronavirus together. For the latest information, visit www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

15.01.2022 Daylight savings is here! and now is the time to change your smoke alarm batteries #workingsmokealarmssavelives JG

15.01.2022 A busy day yesterday at Bobs street and great work by all! Thanks to Gold Central Victoria for some of the photos. CFA (Country Fire Authority) JG

14.01.2022 WATCH & ACT - GRASS FIRE Incident Location: Bobs St, Bendigo Issue Date: Saturday 28 December 2019, 05:30 pm Next Update: Saturday 28 December 2019, 07:40 pm... This Watch & Act message is being issued for Bendigo, East Bendigo, North Bendigo, White Hills. - There is a grassfire at Bobs St, Bendigo that is not yet under control. Firefighters have been unable to stop the fire and it is travelling along side the train line between Bobs Street and Murphys Road. - Firefighters and aircraft are attending this fire. - Avoid driving in the area. If you live directly next to grassland, quickly walk two or more streets away from the fire. Grass fires are unlikely to spread past the first row of houses. If your home is surrounded by grasslands, you should immediately shelter within your home. It is not safe for you to leave. More details at http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

13.01.2022 Great initiative out of Eastern Hill. Click on the links in the post for more information and updates on Covid-19. From all of us at the Bendigo Fire Station, #staysafe

13.01.2022 EMERGENCY WARNING - GRASS FIRE Incident Location: Millwood Rd, Huntly Issue Date: Saturday 04 January 2020, 03:00 pm. Golden Square currently has crews on s...cene! Stay out of the area!! This Emergency Warning is being issued for Huntly, Huntly North. - There is a grassfire at Millwood Rd, Huntly that is not yet under control. - The grassfire is travelling from Millwood Road in a north easterly towards Brights Lane. - This grassfire could impact on houses in this area. Leaving now is the safest option, before conditions become too dangerous. If it is to late or you are unable to leave seek shelter in doors. More details at http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

13.01.2022 Firefighters from Bendigo FS conducting some training this last week involving Rope Rescue and our Ladder Platform. Special thanks to ISH24, their facility in east bendigo is amazing. CFA (Country Fire Authority) #rescue JG.

12.01.2022 Thankyou Liz Watkins Photography for your work on creating our new photo board. This will become a piece of history alongside the other memorabilia we have of past Firefighters who have served the city of Bendigo. #history CFA (Country Fire Authority)

09.01.2022 Happy New Year from everyone at the Bendigo Fire Station. We hope 2020 is your best yet!

08.01.2022 Do you know the difference between a Total Fire Ban and the Fire Danger Period? There are different restrictions that apply in the open air on days of Total Fir...e Ban and during the Fire Danger Period. Understand the difference between the two to avoid penalties. www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/can See more

07.01.2022 We serve our communities through prevention, preparation and response. We are there when our communities need us, caring for them beyond bushfires. We are CFA.

06.01.2022 After 44 years as a career firefighter, our very own LFF Bob Lindsay called time on what has been a fantastic career. Yesterday Bob worked his last shift with us and was able to enjoy the company of firefighters and old friends both past and present that he has worked alongside. At age 13 Bob turned up at the Kangaroo Flat Fire Brigade and became a junior member due to many fires occurring in the area at the time. At 16 he became a volunteer and at 22 years old Bob made firef...ighting his career - a total of 53 years service with the CFA (Country Fire Authority) He is the only member to have worked at both the old view street fire station and the current Bendigo FS on Hargreaves street. He has seen many changes over this time, but he has always remained a positive and motivated firefighter who would always give his time and share his wealth of knowledge and experience with others, particularly with younger firefighters. A great colleague, mentor and friend, we congratulate Bob on his service to the community and wish him the very best with his retirement and future endeavours. https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au//bendigo-firefighter/ CFA Chief Officer The Bendigo Advertiser JG

06.01.2022 CFA has a proud history and strong future of protecting lives and property in communities across Victoria. From 1 July, we welcome Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) to the emergency services team, with both FRV and CFA working together to keep Victorians safe. The career firefighters at 38 CFA stations will transition to Fire Rescue Victoria and CFA will once again be a volunteer-based fire service. ... The delivery of vital fire services to Victorians will not change and CFA will continue to play the same role we always have, committed to serving our communities through preparedness, response and recovery. Please join us in welcoming Fire Rescue Victoria. #WeWorkAsOne BM.

06.01.2022 Last week firefighters from Bendigo FS were fortunate enough to conduct a rope rescue drill at the new Bendigo Hospital. Below is a video describing the drill - from OIC H.Kelly. Big thanks to the staff at Bendigo Health for allowing us the opportunity to practice this technical skill. CFA Chief Officer CFA (Country Fire Authority) The Bendigo Advertiser #roperescue #technicalrescue JG

05.01.2022 Time to start preparing

04.01.2022 Tonights the night

04.01.2022 Our sincere condolences goes out to the NSW Rural Fire Service, Family and Friends of the two firefighters who lost their lives last night. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au//media-releas/nsw-rfs-statement JG.

04.01.2022 HIGH risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma forecast tomorrow for parts of Victoria. We have high levels of pollen, combining with severe thunderstorm forecasts i...n Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country and South West districts. If you have asthma or hay fever, plan ahead and have your asthma medication on hand. Stay up-to-date and visit VicEmergency: http://go.vic.gov.au/x8Kfj6

03.01.2022 Hes done it! Commander Hugh Kelly has done his bit for The Danihers Drive - A Fight MND Event and jumped into the freezing water in full turnout gear, raising $650 with the event accumulating almost $50000! Theres still a chance if you would like to donate, click on HTTPS://fightmnd.org.au and follow the links. Well done Hugh from all of us at the Bendigo FS CFA Chief Officer CFA (Country Fire Authority) Fight MND JG

03.01.2022 FYI about tomorrows fire danger rating Stay up to date at www.cfa.vic.gov.au JG.

02.01.2022 Early today the brigade responded to support Huntly with a Grass and scrub fire burning off Millwood road just after 2:30PM. The brigade responded our Tanker and FCV who did some amazing work alongside brigades from all over Bendigo with support also coming from as far as Kotta and Rochester to the north. A emergency level warning was issued for The surrounding area at 3:00PM due to the fast moving fire.... The fire is under control with a number of crews remaining overnight to continue blacking out with an advice message still remaining for the community in the area. For more information emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ or see the VIC Emergency app. Great work by all members who responded and completed some amazing work today. We also have 2 members away in the Apline Region on strike team, we have been filling strike teams for the past few weeks. BM.

02.01.2022 Sacred Heart Cathedral premises familiarisation. #iconic #view CFA (Country Fire Authority) JG

02.01.2022 We are saddened to learn of the four police officers who lost their lives while on duty last night. Our thoughts are with their family, friends and Victoria Police. RIP

01.01.2022 Great initiative taken by some of our firefighters #BCHS JG

01.01.2022 We are saddened to hear about the loss of three members from Coulson Aviation that were on a fire bombing mission. Our thoughts are with their families and friends. Rest In Peace.