Poowong Country Fire Authority in Poowong, Victoria | Fire station

Poowong Country Fire Authority

Locality: Poowong, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5659 2376

Address: 14 Brisbane St Poowong 3988 Poowong, VIC, Australia

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24.01.2022 Product recall Hyundai i30 (FD) MY2007-2011 and Elantra (HD) MY2006-2011 Fire risk: an electronic control circuit board in the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) module will short circuit when the components are exposed to moisture.... Full recall: www.productsafety.gov.au//hyundai-motor-company-australia-

24.01.2022 Usually at this time of year District 9 brigades would be out in the community sharing ways to prepare your property and how to get ready for the fire season th...rough community events and outreach or the Property Advice Visit service. COVID19 has meant a change to the way we chat with our community about the Fire Danger Period; we are pleased to be part of a Fire Safety Outreach Program for residents across Gippsland. The Fire Safety Outreach program is a free service for community members and professionals to access fire safety information from experienced CFA personnel. Find out about: Bushfire planning for your household Property preparation for bushfire Understanding the fire danger ratings Where to gain trusted information during emergencies Fire restrictions, what you can and cannot do Home fire safety information Support education sessions for your community groups and clubs CFA personnel will get in touch at a time that suits, via whatever communication method works for you. To register your interest for the program please contact E: [email protected] or M: 0419 874 484 (BH) Latrobe City Council Wellington Shire Council East Gippsland Shire Council TRFM ABC Gippsland Baw Baw Shire Council South Gippsland Shire Council Strzelecki Group of Fire Brigades

20.01.2022 We hope that they all recover and remain part of the brigades over there. We are thinking of u all.

19.01.2022 Since our first call came in at 6pm Wednesday evening 10 of our incredible volunteers at SES Leongatha Unit have responded to 27 incidents of trees down across ...roads and highways or building damage requiring emergency repairs. Our members have travelled to Trida, Outtrim, Dumbalk, Kongwak, Nyora, Leongatha, Poowong, Loch, Bena, Meeniyan and Mirboo North. It's been a busy 24+ hours! Thank you to the absolute legends in orange that have given up their time and skills to keep our community safe. Thank you, to the employers who gave our members leave and the families who picked up the slack at home. Thank you, too, to those members of the community who kept our volunteers safe in return by slowing down to 40km/h on seeing flashing lights. It's been a long day, and we're ready for a kip, but we'll still be around. If you come across a tree down blocking roads, access or damaging property, give us a call on 132 500. In an emergency, call 000.

18.01.2022 Do you know of anyone that has made a significant donation to Loch CFA? A generous donation was made to Loch CFA within the past 12 months. An equally generous ...donation was also made by the same benefactor to the Nyora CFA. The problem is that Nyora Area is covered by Loch CFA. With a satellite station at Nyora. There is no Nyora CFA by name even though we have a strong presence in the area. The donations made through or on behalf of the Mitchell Family Trust to the CFA donations fund currently cannot be accessed by the brigade as the brigade has not received any correspondence from the Mitchell Family Trust to show there gracious intent. If you have any idea of whom we may make contact with can you please contact us through here or call 56594477 anytime for a confidential discussion.

16.01.2022 Rember you must have a permit

14.01.2022 In an emergency, can our brigades get to you? Some ideas to consider as you set about preparing your property for the Fire Danger Period

13.01.2022 Does your household know what do and where to go if there was a fire? Practice the two quickest ways out of every room How they will exit from upstairs if your home has a second storey An agreed-upon meeting place outside - like the letterbox How they will call Triple Zero (000)

12.01.2022 National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to say a very BIG THANK YOU to all volunteers who give their time to helping their communities when we need them most.... The 2019/20 fire season brought incredible challenges, which we couldn’t have faced without the critical role of CFA volunteers. CFA volunteers are our friends and family and take on many roles to fulfil our mission of protecting life and property. Thank you, not only this week but the 365 days of the year you are there for each and every one of us!

11.01.2022 Important update for our community on brigade training for this fire season

11.01.2022 Our aerial inspection team will be out and about next week inspecting our assets from up above. Don't be alarmed if you see our helicopter in the following area...s; Berwick Cranbourne Emerald Seville Eltham Krowera Leongatha Traralgon Warragul, Cloverlea Goulburn Weir, Wahring

11.01.2022 A local police station received this question from a resident through the feedback section of a local Police website: "I would like to know how it is possible f...or police officers to continually harass people and get away with it?" In response, a Sergeant posted this reply: First of all, let me tell you this... it's not easy. In the rural area we average one officer for every 505 people. Only about 60 per cent of those police are on general duty where we do most of our harassing. The rest are in non-harassing units that do not allow them contact with the day to day innocents. At any given moment, only one-fifth of the 60 per cent of general duties are on duty and available for harassing people while the rest are off duty. So, roughly, one police officer is responsible for harassing about 6000 residents. When you toss in the commercial business and tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single officer is responsible for harassing 15,000 or more people a day. Now, your average eight-hour shift runs 28,800 seconds long. This gives a cop two-thirds of a second to harass a person, and then only another third of a second to drink an iced coffee AND then find a new person to harass. This is not an easy task. To be honest, most police are not up to the challenge day in and day out. It is just too tiring. What we do is utilise some tools to help us narrow down those people we can realistically harass. PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. "My neighbour is beating his wife" is a code phrase used often. This means we'll come out and give somebody some special harassment. Another popular one is, "There's a guy breaking into a house." The harassment team is then put into action. CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars with no insurance or drivers with no licences and the like. It's lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, they are drunk, or have an outstanding warrant on file. LAWS: When we don't have phone or cars, and have nothing better to do, there are actually books that give us ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called "statutes". These include the Crimes Act, Summary Offences Act, Land Transport Act and a whole bunch of others... They spell out all sorts of things for which you can really mess with people. After you read the law, you can just drive around for a while until you find someone violating one of these listed offences and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy trying to steal a car. Well, the book says that’s not allowed. That meant I had permission to harass this guy. It is a really cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well. We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it. Why? Because, for the good citizens who pay the tab, we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to "harass" some people. Next time you are in the area, give me the old "single finger wave". That's another one of those codes. It means, "You can harass me." It's one of our favourites. Courtesy of Toowoomba.com.au

11.01.2022 We at Poowong Country Fire Authority would like to thank the person/family who has kindly donated 6 bottles of 4lt ned sanitiser and 12 bottles of the same sanitiser to our brigade which we only just discovered out the front due to no meetings. we use the side door. It is really appreciated to receive such gifts in such hard times when money can be very tight and all accounted for. We are responding to all turn outs as normal in this covid times with all our hygiene in che...ck. We check our temp, sanitise our hands and wear our mask and try to social distance where we can. We are doing this because we want to serve our community's and do what we can to save people's lives and properties. Please stay safe and we will be on the other side soon where we can open up our stations and show people through and welcome new members to our brigade. See more

08.01.2022 ***CARS WANTED*** We are looking for cars to support Road Rescue training for our new and experienced members. With 103 units, VICSES is the largest provider of... Road Rescue across Victoria. Our Volunteers respond to Road Accidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This life saving service is only possible with cars to train on. If you have a car that you would like to donate to our unit please make contact with us via private message or on 0499 072 117

07.01.2022 12:30am Saturday morning Poowong Cfa (6 members) attended a house fire in Poowong, where it was fully engulfed in flames. We had Loch and Korumburra brigades attend. We were there till 3:30am and then came back later that morning to help assist with the fire investigation. The house was vacant for the last few weeks. Take care everyone and stay safe

07.01.2022 This is relevant to all of us blokes in the country. It also speaks to another of us cfa blokes that think we are invisible. Please guys if you need a ear to talk too pick up the phone and talk to anyone. Talking shit helps us big strong blokes aswell .

05.01.2022 CFA have provided a permit to burn a large Cyprus pile at 8265 Bass Highway Leongatha South. The burn is expected to be lit tomorrow morning 22nd Dec and will b...e visible from the Highway and surrounding areas. It is expected to burn for a number of days depending on the weather. The landowner will be required to monitor this burn. See more

03.01.2022 ROAD CLOSURE TIMMS ROAD BRIDGE - POOWONG NORTH Please be advised that as part of Council’s Capital Works Program we will be replacing the existing Timms Road Br...idge over Pheasant Creek in Poowong North (approximately 800 metres east of Drouin-Korumburra Road) with a new concrete bridge. Timms Road will be closed to all through traffic at the bridge site from Tuesday 2 June 2020. The road is expected to re-open in August 2020, depending on weather conditions throughout construction. Residents and essential services will have access to either side of the bridge however no traffic will be able to cross the waterway during construction. Alternate routes should be sought until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience.

03.01.2022 Warning for anyone driving Poowong - Drouin. Water is coming up out of the ground outside our place (between Cochranes Rd and O'Meara's Rd). You can't see th...e 3 potholes for the water. Please take care, the road is literally crumbling away and I would hate someone to hit those potholes at speed. See more

03.01.2022 Little slide main south Rd just past Poowong East heading ranchbry rd

02.01.2022 With increased numbers of people working from home, CFA is warning of the potential for an increase in structural fires. Makeshift arrangements that allow norma...l school/office work to be performed at home has the potential to increase the risk of fire. There have been many instances when our favourite appliances have been the cause of a house fire, due to overheating or faulty electrical equipment. See more

01.01.2022 Fire restrictions commence on 14th December 2020Fire restrictions commence on 14th December 2020