Welcome
The Yackandandandah Fire Brigade is a voluntary CFA Brigade of around 45 qualified fire fighters dedicated to the protection of the Yackandandah township and its surrounds (around 3,000 people).
Yackandandah is in north east Victoria (around 300km from Melbourne), around 25km south of the cities of Albury/Wodonga.
Web Site
This web site aims to be a handy resource for the Yackandandah community, containing local information and links to more general information provided to all communities of Victoria by the CFA.
This site will also be used to disseminate information which may be of value to Brigade members - training calendar, Brigade Standing Orders, and so on.
Please send any suggestions or items for inclusion to cfa@yackandandah.com.
CFA Details
For those with some CFA knowledge or interest, our Brigade is a part of the Kiewa Valley Group, Region 24. We have three appliances:
- "Yackandandah Tanker" - Heavy 3.4C Tanker - 3,750 litre 4WD tanker with A-class foam
- "Yackandandah Pumper Tanker" - Medium 3.4D Pumper Tanker - 2,700 litre 4WD pumper/tanker with BA, A and B-class foam, etc
- "Yackandandah Tanker 2" - Light 1.4D Tanker - 1,200 litre 4WD brigade-owned tanker with A-class CAFS foam
- Two 'quickfill' trailers and six water-carts/slip-on units
Officers
At our last AGM, the following Officers were elected for the next two years (July 2009 through June 2011):
- Captain - Cameron McKern
- 1st Lieutenant - Neil Padbury
- 2nd Lieutenant - Yves Quaglio
- 3rd Lieutenant - Jennie McKern
- 4th Lieutenant - Ewen Silvester
- 5th Lieutenant - Chris Cheater
- Secretary and Treasurer - Bryan Smith
- Communications Officer - Ian Moyle
Regular meeting schedule
- First Monday of every month (except January) - training from 7:30pm
- Second Monday of odd-numbered months - general meeting from 7:30pm
- Third and fourth Monday of most months - junior brigade