The Red Cross Emergency Services Blood Challenge is underway and CFA members are currently in third place in the national tally, having made 175 donations since the challenge started on 1 June.

Five CFA members with close to 200 years of combined service between them have been awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) in recognition of their outstanding service to the community, when the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List was announced today.

Ballarat Fire Brigade held elections recently and elected a female officer for the first time in its 162-year history.