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In an Australian first, Victoria’s night firebombing capability is officially ready to be deployed.

Seventy-five Victorian firefighters and emergency management personnel will be deployed to Queensland to assist local crews as more than 120 fires continue to burn across the state.

The first day of summer for Victoria comes after heavy localised rainfall in some metropolitan Melbourne areas in the past few weeks and a Total Fire Ban declaration in the Mallee and Wimmera weather districts for 1 December, 2018.

Victoria will send approximately 80 firefighters and incident management personnel to Queensland to help that State as it battles more than 80 fires with conditions expected to worsen.

Victoria’s night firebombing trial will continue in 2018-19 summer and test the use of night vision technology for aerial firebombing operations at night.

Victoria’s marine emergency radio is proving to be a critical service helping dozens of boaters and paddlers at sea in its first year of operation.

People from across the sector and the Laverton Community Education Centre gathered at MFB’s Station 1 this week to share good food and good company at ‘A Taste of Harmony’.

The Victorian Court of Appeal’s judgement regarding the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s (VEOHRC) Independent Equity and Diversity Review of MFB and CFA was handed down last week and means that the report will not be released at this time

Fire danger ratings are now available for all weather districts across Victoria and provides a four-day forecast to help Victorians plan and make decisions around their safety.

The relocated State Control Centre (SCC) is, today, officially up and running.