Narbethong Volunteer Fire Brigade -Est 1962

01/08/2026

I know it’s Winter but……. Time to start preparing your property for the next fire season. There’s a strong likelihood of an early start to the bushfire season.
CFA link below with details on property preparation.
Remember to register any burn off so we don’t come visiting in a hurry 😳🚒😳!

Everyone in Victoria who lives near dense forest, bush, grassland or the coast needs to prepare their property for bushfire.

30/07/2026

Great Triangle Training session tonight:
Jo Hunter from Marysville SES discussed the SES’ roles and functions and used operational examples to demonstrate them.
She led an enthusiastic discussion on how the CFA and SES work together and how best we can support each other.
It was great to have 3 of the Narby trainees ( Caleb, Sharon and Dan) join us for the first time at Triangle Training.

Thanks Jo for a great presentation & discussion!

29/07/2026

At approximately 3pm Wednesday, Narbethong was paged along with other emergency services to a vehicle accident on the Black Spur near Fernshaw.

27/07/2026

So sad - Europe and North America are suffering as we have in Victoria this year.

19/07/2026

Narby responded this Sunday evening at 7:51pm to a structure fire in Thornton with a crew of 4.
We were stopped en route as they had found a suitable source of water and returned to station.

12/07/2026

Today was a big training day for our recruits, doing their wet drills ( on a pretty wet, cold day),
Good progress in practicing all these different drills.
Pictured below are the recruits conducting running grass fire attack off the back of our tanker.

11/07/2026

BMT Elections 2026:

Thank you to our previous Captain Rob Bean, who has now stepped down after a few rounds as Captain, but stays on as 1st Lieutenant. Thanks for all you have done over many years!
Also thank you to Jim Bisset, who steps down as Treasurer and Secretary and did a great job of fixing up our finances and as part of the turnaround of our brigade.

The new Brigade Management Team is:

- Captain: Stephen Schulz
- 1st Lieutenant: Rob Bean
- 2nd Lieutenant, Training Coordinator, Community Safety: Andrew Buchan
- 3rd Lieutenant: Dave Nichols
- 4th Lieutenant: Ray Eastaugh
- Treasurer, Secretary, Comms: Dannilee Schulz

Thank you to all and congratulations for stepping up.
Welcome to a first time on the BMT ( Dannilee) and welcome back to another previous Captain and long term member - Ray!

28/06/2026

Triangle Training Today:
Great Breathing Apparatus ( BA) exercise today .
Refresher for all trained BA Operators and a chance for the rest of us to use BA for the first time.
In a dark, smoke filled environment we rescued the “casualties” and removed “hazardous materials” from the incident scene.
The “casualties” were given CPR and first aid in the Triage area.
Success was celebrated with a BBQ back at the Narbethong Fire Station.
Thanks all and well done Brian in in planning and leading the exercise.
Thanks Rosemary for letting us use your property!

10/06/2026

Narby, supported by Marysville and Buxton responded late afternoon to a motor vehicle accident on the Black Spur, just past the caravan park going south.
Luckily no injuries and all that was required was to manage traffic ( with VicPol) and ensure that “kitty litter” was spread on the oil spill.
The road was closed for approximately 15minutes to keep the clean up team safe.

09/06/2026

Having a BBQ is a great part of our culture!
Is your gas BBQ safe?
Some tips to help you.

Enjoy a fire safe BBQ.www.cfa.vic.gov.au/bbq00:00 - Introduction...