Charlton Fire Brigade

12/05/2026

Thanks for stopping by Jade Benham MP, always a pleasure! 👩🏼‍🚒🔥🚒

10/05/2026

Charlton Fire Brigade welcomes the further confirmation from the State Government of $5m to build Charlton’s new fire station.

The station will not only serve the Charlton community for years to come, but will act as a vital regional hub for large scale fire events.

We look forward to progressing talks with the CFA and final station designs to ensure the facility is fit for purpose for the community.

23/04/2026

We are thrilled with the recent announcement and expect to see swift, tangible action follow. 🚒🔥
It’s critical that we keep pushing for real change‼️

22/04/2026

Check out this article!! Exciting times ahead!
Stay tuned 🔥🚒👩🏼‍🚒

The state government has unveiled its latest investment in CFA and forest firefighting upgrades.

15/04/2026

This is great for all emergency services but where’s our station funding?! Is it finally our turn?! 🚒👩🏼‍🚒

Quotes attributable to Minister for Emergency Services Vicki Ward.
"Just as Victoria's emergency services volunteers are always there for our communities, the Labor Government is there for them, backing them in with record funding support.
"With this being the biggest VESEP funding round ever, volunteers will have even more resources to respond when communities need them most."

30/03/2026

📣CHARLTON RESIDENTS 📣
This Tuesday & Wednesday is the annual Good Friday Appeal collection 💜🏃🏼‍♀️🚒
Tuesday- uptown
Wednesday - downtown
The runners will be heading off from about 6pm, any cash donations will be welcome 🤗

21/03/2026

When have been waiting patiently. It’s time to make a fuss ‼️ Come on Jacinta💥🔥

19/03/2026

For 5 years now, our truck has not fit in the station. Five. Years. 💥

Now that we’re making noise and putting it out there that our truck doesn’t fit in the station, we’re hearing it all…

“Wash your uniform.”
“Y’all act like ya down to a horse & cart with a bucket.”
“Do what you can with what you’ve got or stop volunteering & let it burn.”
“And how many fire calls a year?”
“That’s a fancy station, seen a lot worse.”
“Take your dirty turnout gear off in clean areas.”
“Lower the floor.”
“Get inline mate.”
“Cut the floor out of the station. Rebuild the front higher, simple.”
“You don’t fight fires from the station.”
“How does turn out time become slower?”

Here is the reality: we don’t fight fires from the station but we start there. Turnout time matters. Safety matters. Proper decontamination matters. Equipment protection matters. Volunteer retention matters.

We’ve made it work. We always do. Because that’s what volunteers do. But “making it work” and “being set up for success” are two vastly different things.

We’re proud of what we do. We’re proud of our crew. And we’ll keep showing up with what we’ve got, every single time the pager goes off.

We understand we are not the only brigade doing it tough right now and we know plenty of others are facing their own challenges too.

We knew speaking up would get attention and not all of it would be supportive. But staying quiet hasn’t fixed the problem in five years.

But five years of a truck that doesn’t fit isn’t just an inconvenience. It’s a conversation worth having. 🚒

17/03/2026

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴜᴘɢʀᴀᴅᴇ?!

04/03/2026

Thanks for sharing our story!! 🚒💥✨

While the brigade marked a moment in history, attendees continued to discuss the shortfalls of their beloved structure.