Major Incidents
The CFA has been involved in a number of major fires over the years where lives have been lost, including:
- Ash Wednesday fires in 1983
- Linton bushfire in 1998
- The Victorian Alps fires in 2003 and 2007.
- The Black Saturday bushfires in 2009
The CFA has also been involved in combatting interstate fires such as the Sydney fires in 2002 and the 2003 Canberra bushfires.
Read more about this topic: Country Fire Authority
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