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Community safety and fire protection information from the CFA Glenaroua Fire Brigade.

29/10/2026

Please join us & please share within our community...

20/10/2026

Octoberfest at Glenaroua CFA on Saturday night. Thanks to everyone who attended.

11/10/2026

Brigade training today...

17/09/2026

Notification of the Glenaroua CFA Pre-season meeting this coming Sunday the 20th September 2026 at 10am, venue the Glenaroua Fire Shed, Glenaroua/Broadford Rd.

16/08/2026

🔥📣Glenaroua Fire Brigade preseason meeting, Sunday 20th September 10am.🔥

28/07/2026

🔥Glenaroua CFA is looking for volunteers to train as fire-fighters for the coming season.

If you would like to help protect our community, please contact our Captain, Damian Laffan.
Ph: 0438452645 🔥🚒

03/02/2026

MICHAEL’S MASTERCLASS: HAYSTACKS AREN'T COMPOST HEAPS, MATE 🐏🌭

I walked into the shed this morning and found Steve poking a smoking hay bale with a meat thermometer he stole from the kitchen. He reckons he’s making "slow-cooked brisket." I reckon he’s about five minutes away from turning this farm into a charcoal pit.

Look, I know we’re all rushing to beat the rain, but if you’re baling green, you’re just wrapping up a ticking time bomb.

Here’s the drill, Steve. Put the thermometer back in the roast and listen up:

🔥 Why is it hot? It’s not magic. It’s biology. If you bale it too green or damp, the bacteria have a party inside the bale. They eat, they breed, and they generate heat. It’s basically a giant compost pile that wants to kill you.

👃 ** The Sniff Test (and other signs)** If your shed smells like pipe to***co, caramel, or burnt toast—that’s not a quirky candle scent. That’s your hay cooking. Also, look for steam rising, mould on the bales, or the stack slumping like Steve after a big lunch.

🚜 Stop the "Boom"

Cure it properly: Dead and dry before you bale. If the stems are still juicy, don't bale it.

Spread the risk: Don't stack everything in one shed. If one goes up, you don't want to lose the lot.

Keep it dry: If the roof leaks, fix it. Wet hay = hot hay.

🌡️ The Crowbar Rule Shove a crowbar in the stack for two hours.

Warm? Check it daily.

Hot to touch? You’ve got a problem. Pull it apart to cool it down (carefully).

Too hot to hold (>70°C)? DO NOT PULL IT APART. You’ll let oxygen in and whoosh—fireball. Call 000 immediately.

Steve’s currently banned from the shed until he learns that "spontaneous combustion" isn't a band name.

TheBarn

26/01/2026

A Total Fire Ban has been declared for the whole State of Victoria on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

No fires can be lit, or be allowed to remain alight, in the open air from 12:01 AM until 11:59 PM. More information: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/firebans

26/01/2026

Happy Australia Day everyone! 🇦🇺 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Hope you had a great day and you are prepared for the extreme heat tomorrow. 🥵

🌡️ IT’S A SCORCHER, SOUTH WEST!
Tomorrow is looking like a total furnace. We’re talking 40°C+, the kind of heat that makes the bitumen feel like Blu-Tack and has every fly in the district trying to move into your nostrils. 🪰🔥

THE TALE OF TWO TEMPERAMENTS 🍌🌭
Mandy the Drama Banana 🍌 is actually—dare we say it—being the MVP today. She’s swapped the hysteria for high-level logistics. She’s currently vibrating at a frequency only dogs can hear while she triple-checks her Emergency Kit. She’s got the medications, the important docs on a USB, and enough bottled water to float a battleship. Most importantly? She’s glued to the VicEmergency App like it’s the final episode of a reality dating show.

HOWEVER...
Then we have Steve the Silly Sausage 🌭. Steve is currently floating in a Kmart blow-up pool, wearing nothing but inflatable arm-floaties and a faded Australia Day hat from 2012. He thinks because he’s in a foot of lukewarm water, he’s "fireproof." He’s completely ignoring the fact that there are active fires burning in the Otwaysright now.

Steve thinks his Mitsubishi Triton (you know, the one that looks like a depressed catfish 🐟) is his "get out of jail free" card. Steve, mate, that tray is so long it defies physics, but it won't help you if the roads are cut off by smoke and fallen trees.

DON'T BE A STEVE. BE A PREPARED MANDY. 💅
When the mercury hits 40, "waiting to see smoke" is a recipe for a disaster. Here is what you actually need to do:

• SET YOUR TRIGGER: Decide now what is your signal to leave if you haven’t already left. On a 40-degree day, leaving early is the only way to guarantee your skin stays attached to your person.

• WATCH ZONES ARE LIFE: Don't rely on Steve’s "vibes." Set up a Watch Zone on the VicEmergency App for your home and where you’re headed.

• PACK THE GO-BAG: If you’re scrambling for your passport while the sky is turning orange, you’ve already failed. Have your kit by the door.

HOW TO STAY INFORMED: 📱 VicEmergency App (Set those Watch Zones!) 📻 ABC Local Radio 🌐Vic Emergency Website. Don't forget to Include a battery operated radio!

The Intern 🧑‍💻 was supposed to post a serious weather map, but he got distracted trying to teach Wockadoo the Walrushow to use a misting fan. So, you get this instead.
Tag a "Steve" who needs to get out of the pool and check his fire plan! 👇

Address

1305 Broadford-Glenaroua Road
Glenaroua, VIC
3764

Telephone

+61438452645

Website

http://cfa.vic.gov.au/

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