The money is part of $4.8 million in donations collected during the most recent bushfire season.
The donations will fund 14 defibrillators, seven chainsaws, 11 remote area lightning units, four bushfire thermal imaging cameras, three carbon monoxide meters and seven medium truck licences among other items.
District 2 acting assistant chief fire officer Mick Hembrow said the items funded through donations were a major boost to brigades’ capability.
“The support of the Victorian, Australian and even international community means a lot and we will go into the new bushfire season with more tools and capability to keep us safer and better equipped,” he said.
Acting CFA chief officer Garry Cook said CFA had been incredibly humbled by the influx of donations from all over Australia and the world during the extreme 2019/20 season, and members were grateful.
“It’s great to see these tools, additional skills and equipment filtering through to our brigades and members before the next bushfire season. That’s where they will make a real difference to the vital work they do in keeping our communities safe,” he said.
“More defibrillators on our vehicles mean our members will be safer while training and responding to incidents, while more thermal imaging cameras mean they will be able to safely detect heat sources or hot spots to extinguish fires using that technology.”
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