Emergency Services

Phillip Island Fire Brigade joins lifesaving program

FOUR brigades in Victoria’s south east are part of 26 CFA brigades now trained and ready to respond to select medical Triple Zero (000) calls as part of a new program that officially commenced in 2023. The Fire Medical Response (FMR) program is...

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Chloe Kent

22 Aug 2025

Emergency Services

Car snaps power pole in collision

A DRIVER was taken by road to Wonthaggi hospital with minor injuries on Friday, August 1, at 6.45am after colliding with a power pole on Lyndhurst Street in North Wonthaggi. The accident is still under investigation by local police. It’s...

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Sentinel-Times

02 Aug 2025

Emergency Services

Weather warning as emergency services clear notorious Bass Highway black spot

POLICE and emergency services were called to clean-up and direct traffic after another incident at the notorious intersection of Soldiers Road and Bass Highway in Bass. With traffic already slowed to 70km/h on the approach to the intersection from...

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Bruce Wardley

21 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Top honours for CFA-led research team

A CFA research scientist and her team have won top honours at the inaugural Natural Hazards Research awards for their work in predictive fire mapping. The research award was presented to Dr Chloe Begg (CFA) and her team which is made up of personnel...

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Sentinel-Times

19 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Wonthaggi equipped with a new set of medical first responders

WONTHAGGI is one of 24 CFA brigades that are trained and ready to respond to select medical Triple Zero calls as part of a new CFA medical response program. The new Fire Medical Response program is a joint initiative of CFA and Ambulance Victori...

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Chloe Kent

15 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Inverloch lifesavers awarded national medal recognising 15 years

ELEVEN Victorian lifesavers, including Angela Malan and Robert O’Neill, both of Inverloch SLSC, have received the National Medal as an acknowledgement of their outstanding service to lifesaving. The National Medal is awarded to those who “risk...

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Chloe Kent

15 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

San Remo SES says ‘thank you’ to all its supporters

YOU hear the saying ‘it’s a thankless job’ from people who work hard and receive very few rewards in return. SES San Remo unit controller Mandy Chancellor said a volunteer can sometimes feel this way; their work may go unnoticed by the...

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Sentinel-Times

11 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Torrential rain as firefighters battle suspicious fire in Dalyston

BASS Coast Crime Investigation Unit are investigating a suspicious house fire this morning in Dalyston during a period of torrential rain. Authorities were alerted to the blaze at 6.45am on June 17 with a number of local fire brigades attending...

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Sentinel-Times

17 Jun 2025

Emergency Services

Vehicle collides with bookshop in Murray Street

POLICE are investigating after a vehicle collided with Ramalama Book Exchange on Murray Street this evening around 4.15pm. It’s unknown what caused the accident at this stage, but it’s not believed to be related to drugs or alcohol. According to...

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Sentinel-Times

05 Jun 2025

Emergency Services

Bass Highway closed after vehicle flips

A WOMAN in her 30s has been taken to hospital after her car flipped on the Bass Highway this afternoon between Wonthaggi and Inverloch. It’s understood a car slowed to turn into a property along the highway with the two vehicles behind subsequently...

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Sentinel-Times

01 Jun 2025

Emergency Services

Search continues for male swept off rocks at Punch Bowl

POLICE and emergency services are continue to search for a male who was swept off the rocks with two others at a beach off Punch Bowl Road on Good Friday, April 18 around 8.30am. The search for the male has been ongoing since Friday with emergency...

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Sentinel-Times

21 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Male questioned over Anderson fire

POLICE have interviewed a 56 year old male from Anderson in relation to a fire lit during the fire danger period that required emergency services and burnt approximately one hectare this afternoon around 3.30/4pm. It’s understood the male was...

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Sentinel-Times

22 Mar 2025

Emergency Services

Grand Ridge Road closed as emergency services work to clear truck accident

GRAND Ridge Road is closed to traffic as emergency services work to clear the scene of a truck accident near the corner of Grand Ridge Road and Warragul-Leongatha Road near Seaview/Ellinbank. It’s believed the flatbed truck left the road and went...

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Sentinel-Times

20 Mar 2025