Category: Announcement

Upwey CFA general information and announcements

End FDP 2025-26

End FDP 2025-2026

The Fire Danger Period for Knox City Council, Manningham Council, Maroondah City Council and Yarra Ranges Council will be lifted as of 1am Monday 30th March 2026.

If you burn off after the conclusion of the Fire Danger Period, please be mindful that it is easy to lose control of your small burn-off. You can refer to the CFA brochure ‘Are you burning off safely?’ to ensure your burn remains safe and legal. Take care and make sure you have water available at all times and never leave your burn-off unattended.

Your local CFA Brigade can provide you with advice on how to safely burn-off, and how to best prepare yourself and your property for the next fire season.

Before lighting a burn-off, we urge residents to always notify their neighbours and register their burn either online via firepermits.vic.gov.au or by calling the Burn-Off Notification Line on 1800 668 511.

Always check and adhere to your council’s local laws and regulations before burning off.

Fire Danger Ratings

More information:
cfa.vic.gov.au/firedangerperiod

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Announcement Brigade Activities

Adopt A Hydrant Program

When fire fighters respond to a fire it is important they can quickly connect to a water supply such as a fire hydrant. Over time hydrant markers can become damaged or go missing and vegetation can impair quick access. The result can be vital time lost in fighting the fire.

Within the Upwey Fire Brigade primary response area there are more than 350 fire hydrants. As you can imagine keeping an eye on all of them is a huge task for our volunteers.

To help us keep on top of this we are calling out to members of the Upwey community to adopt a fire hydrant near their home.

All we ask is from time to time you do a quick check of the hydrant based on the acronym W.A.T.E.R.and report any damage, faults or other issues with it to South East Water or the “contact us” page on our web site.

No registration or fixed commitment required.

More information about the Adopt A Hydrant program

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Announcement Fire Awareness & Safety

Fire Danger Period 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 17 December 2025

Fire Danger Period 2025 - 2026

The Fire Danger Period 2025 has been declared for Yarra Ranges Council as well as Knox, Manningham and Maroondah Councils, commencing 1am Monday 29th December 2025.

Restrictions on lighting of fires in the open apply during the Fire Danger Period.

More information:
cfa.vic.gov.au/firedangerperiod

upweycfa.org.au/australian-fire-danger-ratings/

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Announcement Brigade Activities

Community Awareness Message 1-2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 28 August 2025

Fire Fighting Training September 2025

Community Awareness Message 1-2025

Two CFA training props will be positioned in the temporary car park beside UT Crash until early October.

Local brigades will be using them at various times to conduct fire fighting training drills. These drills are only performed in a controlled environment with a number of pre-planned safety precautions in place.

If you do see fire in the general area of the props or car park, before calling 000 please check it is not from one of these props being used.

See also our recent visit to the CFA South East Training Ground for hot fire training.