The weather on ANZAC Day provided us a reminder that the cold wet days of Winter are creeping closer and along with it the need to take care on the roads. With the roads particularly wet and slippery and with plenty of cars out and about, the brigade responded to two incidents in our area within 90 minutes of each other and we'd like to remind everyone to take care on the roads as the days get darker and wetter.

Sat 5th May will be the Warrandyte Market at Stiggants reserve. Members from North Warrandyte will be assisting with the set up from the wee-small hours.

Sun 6th May - The North Warrandyte Lighting unit will be at the Craigiburn Emergency Services Day with a crew. Drop by an see all our gadgets (Bucky calls them machenka's) & gizmos and kick a few tyres on some BRT's^*

Watch out for our brigade later in May on the 19th & 20th when we will have crews out and about collecting for the Salvation Army Red Shield appeal. The Salvo's do a great job supporting the community in general, but what you might not know is that the Salvo's also provide meals for emergency services workers during long engagements. These folk appear from nowhere in a big trailer, efficiently feed several dozen hungry emergency services workers and then pack up and dissappear like magic. Collecting for the Red Shield appeal gives us the opportunity to help the Salvos in thanks for the great service they provide us.

Now that we have rubbed the shine off some our newer recruits (leaving them less-new-and-shiney), it's time to build on their skills, and throughout May and June the brigade will be focussing on working their way though the Breathing Apparatus course. For the older crustier members of the brigade it will be training as usual through May.

^{* Thats super technical fire fighter jargon......no, it just means "Big Red Trucks"} 

North Warrandyte are participating in two important events this month.

Andersons 'Open' Garden

On the 17th and 18th of March (2012), the Anderson family will be opening their wonderful garden as part of the ABC's Open Garden program.

• Talks on sustainable water use
• Large salvia collection
• Native and dry-tolerant plants
• Large vegetable garden
• Many unusual plants for sale
• Refreshments and live music

Not to mention the most attractive car parking attenants you ever did see 

Warrandyte Festival

On the 23rd & 24th of March the Warrandyte festival will on throughout the Warrandyte township. The Warrandyte Festival is a celebration of living in Warrandyte (Victoria, Australia).

Each year, the Festival welcomes thousands of locals, families and participants to experience the unique surroundings and village atmosphere.

On the banks of the Yarra, festival-goers enjoy the duck race, billy cart derby, great live music and fabulous festival fare. The kids are entertained all weekend while adults enjoy the swinging sounds of vibrant bands and catching up with friends.

Welcome to the new North Warrandyte CFA website. This updated version of our website will gives us the flexibility to provide more information on a more timely basis to our community. The main home page of our website will become the one-stop communications point for the brigade to the community. The main news feed ( that you are reading now) will be updated regularly to let the community know whats happening in our area. Around the main news feed you should also be able to see the current Total Fire Ban status, a list of current incidents the CFA as a whole are responding too, a snapshot of the current weather forecast and a link to CFA describing the process for logging '000' calls'.

(more to come)

Back at the end of last year our area experienced some of the most heavy rainfall that it has experienced in years. While the Warrandyte area was given a very violent wash down on Christmas Day and many local households were damaged by rain and localised flooding, we did come off much better than our neighbours over in Research and Eltham. Research and Eltham received a massive downpour late in the day which turned Main Road into a river. Aside from the damage and flooding, several CFA units across the area were mobilised to assist people who had gotten stuck in the floods and required rescue. The following videos show the North Warrandyte crew in action assisting a couple of motorists who were stuck on Main Road in research.