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Bushfire Planning Workshop 2025

Bushfire Planning Workshop 2025

How do you create your own Bushfire Plan and what should include in it?

CFA are providing a free Fire Planning Workshop to help you develop and document your own plan 1pm Saturday 13 December at the Belgrave Fire Station.

The workshop covers local fire risk, staying informed, bushfire behaviour, personal planning, developing your plan and a seasonal update.

Bushfires happen every year, be prepared.

More information: Belgrave Fire Brigade

Bushfire Planning Workshop 2025
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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.

More about Upwey Fire Brigade Open Day and Community Bushfire Session

More about the Upwey Men’s Shed

Upwey Mens Shed Donation to Upwey CFA
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Community Bushfire Session 2025

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.

Bushfire Community Meeting Upwey CFA 2025
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Fire Awareness & Safety

Fire Danger Period

FDP Vs TFB

Fire Danger Period and Total Fire Ban – what’s the difference?

While both restrict your use of fire in order to protect you and your community, each have different rules.

Our ‘Can I’ or ‘Can’t I’ twins are here to help you understand the difference between the two.

For more information and to see a short video explaining the difference, visit
Fire Danger Period Vs Total Fire Bans Explained

Also check out About Total Fire Bans

Fire Danger Period
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Fire Awareness & Safety

Upwey Fire Siren

UPWEY CFA FIRE SIREN

Fire Siren Upwey

Have you heard a siren in your area and wondered what it means?

The siren at the Upwey Fire Station is used 3 ways;

1. Siren Test
During the morning of first Sunday of the month the siren will sound for about 20 seconds. This a test only and does not indicate an emergency event.

2. Short Siren (30 to 90 seconds)
Indicates the Brigade is responding to an emergency incident nearby. Expect to see members arriving at the station and CFA vehicles in the area responding to the incident. Stay informed.

3. Extended Siren (5 minutes)
Indicates that a current emergency has been identified in the local area. The emergency incident will impact people in the area. You should seek further information immediately and stay informed.

More information about the Upwey Fire Siren

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Home Fire Safety

PAVS 2025

PAVS - Property Advice Visit Service 2025

Prepare Your Property

Plan, Protect, Survive.

Spring is with us and now is the time to start thinking about how well prepared are you and your property in the event of a bushfire.

Upwey CFA provides Property Advice Visit Service (PAVS), an awareness-raising program delivered by trained brigade members. PAVS is a free service that typically involves a 15- 20 minute meeting at your property. You will receive

  • publications
  • planning templates
  • information about your local risk and
  • preparing for a bushfire

Visit upweycfa.org.au/community-support/ for more information about PAVS and how to book a visit.

See also upweycfa.org.au/prepare-your-property/

More information about preparing your property can be found at
cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/how-to-prepare-your-property

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Announcement Brigade Activities

Community Awareness Message 1-2025

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.

Hot Fire Prop 202508