Category: Brigade Activities

Upwey Fire Brigade activities

Upwey Mens Shed Donation

Upwey Men's Shed Donation 2025

Big thanks to Upwey Men’s Shed for building a new water target prop for us.

What we received from the far exceeded what we were expecting.

Join us Saturday 29th from 2pm – 4pm when we open the station to the public.

Lots on show including meet your local firies, get your photo in a fire truck, games, fire safety info and have go at squirting a fire hose at the new prop to see if you can put out the “fire” in the window.

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Brigade Activities Events Fire Awareness & Safety

Community Bushfire Session 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 11 November 2025
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Bushfire Community Session 2025

Are You Bushfire Ready For This Fire Season?

Join us for our Fire Safety Safety Essentials session 4:30pm Saturday 29 November 2025 at the Upwey Fire Station – 134 Old Belgrave Road, Upwey.

Learn how to stay safe in the event of a bushfire.

We are also opening the station to the public from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Activities for the kids, see our fire trucks, meet with your local fire fighters, free giveaways.

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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.

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Brigade Activities

Hot Fire Training 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 31 July 2025

Gas fire attack training

Hot Fire Training

Hot Fire Training June 2025

Members from Upwey CFA recently attended the CFA South East Training Ground to practice and enhance a number of skills including supressing different types of fires, search and rescue, team work and incident management.

We regularly practice these so our crews are always ready to respond to incidents in a quick, safe and effective manner.

Here are a few photos showing different types of fires.

Not all members are firefighters. Learn more about volunteering options with CFA?

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Brigade Activities News

GFF Graduates June 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 16 June 2025

GFF Graduates June 2025

Upwey CFA GFF Graduates June 2025.

Congratulations go out to Ross and Josh, two of our recent recruits, who successfully completed their General Fire Fighter (GFF) course over the weekend.

They will both become operational members and further strengthen the response capability of Upwey CFA.

Welcome aboard.

About how to become an operational member.

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Brigade Activities News

Stair Climb 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 12 June 2025

Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb 2025

🚨🔥 We’re Climbing for a Cause! 🔥🚨

Five of our dedicated Upwey CFA volunteer firefighters — Beth, Darron, Jay, Jesse, and Mike — are taking on the Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb 2025! 🧑‍🚒🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

This year’s climb is more than just a physical challenge — it’s a powerful mission to raise vital funds for Cancer Research and Crisis Support. 🎗️💛

For our brigade, this is deeply personal. Many of us have lost loved ones to cancer and mental health struggles. And this year, Mike joins our team of climbers just one year after his own battle with bowel cancer. A strong team working together to raise hope, awareness, and funds for others facing tough battles. 💪❤️

We’re also incredibly grateful to be supported in our training by our amazing fitness coach Maddie, who’s helping our team stay strong and ready for the challenge ahead. 🏋️‍♀️🔥 💥

Help us reach our fundraising goal! Your support — big or small — will directly help those in need, funding life-saving research and support services.

👉 Donate or learn more about our climbers here: 🔗 https://www.firefighterclimb.org.au/station/cfa/upwey/

🙏 Thank you for backing your local volunteers and making a real difference in our community.

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Brigade Activities

Jumble Sale Thank You

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 9 May 2025

Jumble Sale Thank You 2025

The 54th Upwey Fire Brigade Jumble Sale has been a huge success.

The funds raised go towards updating our 3 brigade owned vehicles as well as the purchase and maintenance of equipment to ensure we can provide the best fire service we can for our community.

This event would be incredibly difficult without the support from local businesses and sponsors, and we thank you very much for your support.

Of course, it wouldn’t be possible at all without the amazing support from our incredible community. Without your donations and purchases of goods the Jumble Sale simply wouldn’t exist. Thank you all so very much.

Thanks also to the members of the brigade and all the other volunteers who not only helped yesterday but have spent many hours preparing for the day throughout April.

I hope everyone who attended had a great time, found a bargain, or just enjoyed something off the BBQ.

See you again next year.

Liam
Upwey CFA Captain

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Brigade Activities

Upwey Sunday Sounds 2025

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 25 March 2025

Upwey Sunday Sounds 2025

Upwey Sunday Sounds is back Sunday 30th March 2025

Along with enjoying some great music and entertainment be sure to come and say hello to the Upwey CFA members who will be serving their delicious Shashlick BBQ and irresistible jam donuts.

Will be a day not to be missed.

More information: Upwey Sunday Sounds 2025

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Brigade Activities

Santa Run 2024

Post author By John Blackburn
Post date 11 December 2024

Santa Run 2024

Santa will be coming to Upwey on Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th of December.

The BLUE area of the map will be covered Tuesday 17th December with the RED being covered Wednesday 18th December.

We will depart the fire station around 5.30pm and there are some streets we will NOT be travelling down, if you live in the following streets we recommend you walk to the closest corner. You will hear him coming