Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Celebrate CFA'S 80th anniversary - live from Ballarat.
5:22 - Opening credits
5:59 - Welcome from CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan live from the Ballarat Fire Station tower
7:18 - Fire call re-enactment (video)
8:31 - Welcome to the panel: Ross Coyle (CFA Board member); Samantha Collins (VFBV President); Rebecca Cowan (Executive Director Good Friday Appeal); Nathan Cook (Ballarat Captain)
10:59 - Coming up on tonight's show
12:41 - History of the Ballarat brigade with Nathan Cook (Ballarat Captain)
22:56 - Sebastopol history (video)
28:35 - "Firsts" with Nathan Cook (Ballarat Captain)
29:18 - Buninyong Tanker restoration (video)
35:20 - Generational involvement in CFA with Ross Coyle (CFA Board member)
42:55 - Junior programs in CFA with Samantha Collins (VFBV President)
44:44 - Ballarat City history and local historical items collection (video)
49:49 - Station keeper house at Ballarat (video)
51:50 - Role of the VFBV with Samantha Collins (VFBV President)
1:01:15 - Good Friday Appeal (video)
1:02:34 - Good Friday Appeal with Rebecca Cowan (Executive Director Good Friday Appeal)
1:12:10 - Medium Tanker tour (video)
1:15:59 - Brigade members montage video
1:17:02 - Questions from the audience on PPC and workwear
1:22:50 - Training update (video) with DCO Operational Doctrine and Training Rohan Luke
1:32:37 - Wrap up and thank the panel
1:33:59 - 'We are CFA' 80th video
1:36:43 - Closing credits