Wendouree Fire Brigade - CFA

Wendouree Fire Brigade is a fully volunteer fire and emergency service responsible for the supporting the communities of Wendouree, Lake Gardens, Mitchell Park and Alfredton. Wendouree is one of the nearly 1200 brigades that make up the Country Fire Authority (CFA).
Wendouree Fire Brigade’s assignment area consists of over 10,000 residential properties, more than 300 businesses and industries (including Mars, McCains & Laminex), several primary and secondary schools, as well as Ballarat Airport. As per the 2011 census there are over 30,000 people living in the Wendouree Fire Brigade assignment area.

Located in District 15, one of three Districts in the CFA West Region, the brigade is a member of the Eureka Group. The Eureka Group consists of Wendouree, Ballarat, Ballarat City, Buninyong, Mt Helen & Sebastopol Fire Brigades. Eureka Group is one of the eight groups located in District 15.

Wendouree Fire Brigade was first founded in 1913 as a Country Fire Brigades’ Board volunteer brigade. The Fire Station was located in Howitt Street until 1932 when the brigade, along with a number of other brigades in the state, where disbanded by the Country Fire Brigades’ Board as a consequence of the worsening economic depression.
In the late 1950’s the suburb of Wendouree grew significantly, as did industry in the area.

The second founding of Wendouree Fire Brigade occurred in December 1960 following submissions by the Shire of Ballarat to the Country Fire Authority board. The Fire Station was located in Gillies Street North (opposite the Convent) from 1960 to 1992, when the current station was built in Learmonth Road (opposite Timken’s, soon to be Aldi!).

Wendouree Fire Brigade welcomes new members, especially those available for day time turnouts (such as part time/afternoon employees or stay at home parents with school aged children). The brigade also welcomes non-operational members who would like to support the brigade through fundraising, administration, etc. For information on joining CFA, register you interest via the CFA website: http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/volunteer-careers/volunteers/ or contact the brigade Secretary directly.

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