Gellibrand Rural Fire Brigade

01/10/2026

Fire ready day will be held on the Saturday, 24th of October at the Gellibrand Hall in conjunction with Rail Trail celebrations.

Join the volunteers from the Gellibrand Fire Brigade to take the first step towards fire ready.
We will help you with advice on how to prepare your property.
Start or update your Bushfire plan.
Download and set up the Vic emergency app.
Create and manage your watch zones.
Get answers to your fire safety questions.
Come and chat with your local volunteers and learn how you can better prepare this summer.

01/10/2026

Last night at the Gellibrand hotel we had presentations and awards night. Congratulations to all our wonderful volunteers for your service and dedication.

29/05/2026

The community is deeply appreciative of the volunteers, businesses, and the Colac Otway shire for their significant contribution to the installation of the CFA water tank, which was instrumental in protecting our town during the fires near Gellibrand earlier this year.

03/04/2026

Update on fire restrictions from Barongarook fire Brigade.

Good morning all, as the weather gets milder and the days shorter it is important to know that we are currently still in the “Gazetted” Fire season, restrictions are being lifted all around the state but we are still in the thick of it and no end date has been announced at this time, when restrictions are lifted I will certainly post it here and let you all know.
Cheers all and be safe Steve Brooke

P.S. If you have any questions please feel free to drop me a message and I will get back to you ASAP.

15/03/2026

Today the Gellibrand Rural fire brigade was presented with a cheque of a $1000 from the Lions club Ocean Grove Barwon Heads. Thank you so much. This will go towards our quick fill pump, trailer and shed

02/03/2026

Last Wednesday CFA volunteers forum at the Gellibrand Community House. You can watch on You Tube. Thankyou to all the brigades that attended and helped fight the Otway fires. You worked like a true army.

11/02/2026

This fire fighting tank was only put in about 5 weeks before the fires. Since then it has a pretty good work out. A group of locals and the cfa Gellibrand worked very hard to get this up and running. Funding from Colac Otway shire and land gifted to the hall also made this possible.

09/02/2026

This is the fire on Fry's road Gellibrand on Tuesday the 27th January 2026. Some of our local CFA brigades and Geelong City Fire brigade saved this house and the rest of the Otways. So brave, so grateful. Please donate to your local Brigade. Look up CFA donations and select your brigage

09/02/2026

08/02/2026

Today we had a visit from the Lilydale brigade. I had met these wonderful firefighters after being here to assist saving our beautiful town and the Otways and today they were back with pet food for all our brigade volunteers. Thankyou so much for all you do. Loreen Misson presented them with a print of her painting she did of the fires. Don't forget to donate to your local brigade you might need them someday