Can a fire truck reach your house?
  • allow 4m x 4m clearance
  • trim low hanging branches
  • ensure wide gates & turning area suitable for truck access
Community meetings

Attend a CFA community meeting to learn about the wildfire risk in our area and how you and our community can turn this awareness into action.. See the CFA website for more information More...

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Be a Fireboss

Fire Boss is a game that will test your skill in putting out a wildfire, with two difficulty levels to choose from. You'll need to use your highly trained forest firefighters, bulldozers, tanker crews and helicopter support to put the fire out. 

Hot Day Out Centre

Council is operating Hot Day Out centres on "extreme" or "code red" days. The Gisborne centre is at Macedon Ranges Health Centre- 5 Neal Street. Opening hours are 9am-9pm. More...

Household Bushfire Self-Assessment Tool

There are 6 key steps that need to be considered when determining the defendability of your house.

Household Bushfire Self-Assessment Tool can help you decide what YOU will do.

Fire Danger Ratings

CFA Fire Danger Ratings for the next four days

 

Brigade calendar

BRIGADE MONTHLY MEETING -1st Monday of each month @ 8pm

BRIGADE TRAINING - Sunday mornings from 9am and 3rd Monday of each month @ 7:30pm

FIRE FIGHTER FITNESS TRAINING - Sundays @ 11am - Thursdays at 6pm

JUNIOR BRIGADE - 2nd and 4th Wednesday during school terms @ 7:30pm - more

VIDEO SPECIAL: Black Saturday...one year on
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Town gathers to remember

A memorial plaque and tree planting took place in Gisborne's Lions Park on Sunday to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the Black Saturday fires that devastated Victoria.

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Lightning Strike

A strike of lightning caused this small fire on Mt Gisborne on Sunday.

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Australia Day

Members from Gisborne CFA proudly raised the flag as part of Australia Day Celebrations this week.

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Water Bomber tests in Wombat State Forest

Gisborne fire fighters had a chance to see Victoria's latest fire fighting weapon up close during a training exercise this week.

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State on fire alert (7/1/10)

Residents are urged to frequently check fire and weather conditions today as extreme bushfire warnings have been declared for most of the state, including Macedon Ranges where the mercury is expected...

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Fire pics