Newstead Fire Brigade

Newstead Fire Brigade Newstead Fire Brigade is a community organisation responsible for the protection of life and property in the Newstead and Districts area.

20/06/2026

Working smoke alarms save lives............and so can doors.
This video clip shows a recent unit fire in Sydney. Firefighters are standing in what appears to be the room of origin, and then open a door to a bedroom where an resident and their dog were rescued from the fire. Their closed door saved their lives.
As we can see, this was very effective, but if the fire started in the bedroom while they were asleep, smoke alarms outside would be ineffective.
Ensure you have working smoke alarms in ALL bedrooms, where the occupant sleeps with the door closed.

04/06/2026

Just after 2pm today, brigade members were paged to support Maldon Fire Brigade to a single vehicle car accident on the Maldon-Newstead Rd, near Maldon. A single white van had left the road, appears to have rolled after impacting a tree. The driver, who was mechanically trapped in the vehicle, was extricated by SES and Ambulance Victoria and has been airlifted to Melbourne. They were conscious and alert throughout the incident however the nature of their injuries and the current condition are unknown at this stage.

There has been a lot of rain and wind around and the roads are quite slippery. Add in the amount of leaf litter and debris on the roads and this increases the lack of friction and makes conditions more challenging.
We implore motorists to please, drive to the conditions and if you need to, slow down, and we call on everyone to exercise care and patience. In these conditions, getting frustrated behind a slower driver, will potentially make matters worse. Please be safe out there. We don't like going to any jobs, but MVA's are often particularly nasty.

Well done to both Maldon Fire Brigade and Newstead brigade members on their rapid response today and the work done in difficult conditions. Our thanks also to the Castlemaine SES, VicPol and of course, AV.

We are creating a list of people that might not be able to change smoke alarm batteries or test their alarms. If you nee...
01/06/2026

We are creating a list of people that might not be able to change smoke alarm batteries or test their alarms. If you need assistance doing this please message and once we have the list we will arrange a day and time that suits.

Let's keep Newstead Safe

A working smoke alarm halves the risk of fatality in a home fire. Yet, nearly half of the homes damaged or destroyed by ...
31/05/2026

A working smoke alarm halves the risk of fatality in a home fire. Yet, nearly half of the homes damaged or destroyed by fire in the data did not have a working smoke alarm.

Service award's and Brigade award recipients from our awards presentation night on Saturday
25/05/2026

Service award's and Brigade award recipients from our awards presentation night on Saturday

24/05/2026

Last night, the Newstead CFA celebrated our members and their contribution to the brigade and our broader community with our annual dinner and awards night.

The following members were recognised for their outstanding efforts:

Anne-Marie Flenley - 10 year medal,
John Bell - 20 year medal,
Florence Hepburn - 45 year medal,
Carmel Longmire - 45 year medal,
Janet Trudgeon - 45 year medal (posthumous),
John Alexander - inducted as a CFA Life Member and awarded 45 year medal,
Lyndsay O'toole - 55 year CFA Life Member medal.

Brigade awards were presented to the following members:

Ray Stevenson was awarded the Russell Hodges Firefighter of the Year award,
Anne Perkins was awarded the Captains Award, and
Jono Chaney received the Rookie of the Year Award.

A special thank you and certificate of appreciation was presented to Scott and Melissa Chaney from the Newstead Country Store in recognition of their continued support in fundraising endeavours.

Lastly, and certainly by no means not the least, Grant and Kathy MacDonald were presented with a certificate of appreciation in honour of their involvement and contribution to the community for the past 27 years.

All in all, a great night shared by nearly all brigade members. Unfortunately, a few members couldn't be with us on the night, but they were certainly in our thoughts.

Thanks to Maldon on today's training session.
17/05/2026

Thanks to Maldon on today's training session.

17/05/2026

This morning, Newstead brigade played hosts to member from Maldon Fire Brigade for a combined training session, focusing mainly on how we can improve interoperability and familiarising ourselves with our combined resources.
We spent an hour down at the river using our Bigfill to draw water out of the river and pump it up to Maldon's pumper and then delivered that water to multiple hose lines including a ground monitor, a large water delivery system anchored to the ground that delivers incredibly high water flow rates, beyond what can be delivered by hand lines. These would be used at large structure fires where significant volumes of water are required over a lengthy period of time. The two appliances worked well together and the amount of water we were able to move was remarkable. Individual members also had an opportunity to experience the force reaction of large volume branches. Used primarily for structure fire response, some of these branches are capable of flow rates up to 570 litres per minute.

All in all, a great session and opportunity to further develop our working relationship with one of our neighboring brigades, further enhancing the capability we can provide to our local communities. Thanks to the crews from Maldon Fire Brigade for your attendance.

Some photos of the training session will be posted shortly.

Newstead CFA ran another successful local market day on Saturday 16th May, thanks to our local community for the ongoing...
17/05/2026

Newstead CFA ran another successful local market day on Saturday 16th May, thanks to our local community for the ongoing support, pictured are the winners of our stall holders raffle holding "I'm just here for the cake" sign. Along with some new locals catching up with some CFA information.

15/05/2026

We're up and running at the Newstead community market. Come down and grab a sausage or bacon and egg roll and have a browse. You'll be surprised at the offerings.

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22 Hilliers Street
Newstead, VIC
3462

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