CFA Training College

Main article: Country Fire Authority

CFA Training College in Fiskville, Victoria was the training college for members of the Country Fire Authority (CFA), a large, predominantly volunteer fire and emergency service which has legislative responsibility for fire and emergencies in regional Victoria, Australia. The site is also known as Fiskville, named for Ernest Fisk of AWA.

The college was located on the site of the old beam wireless shortwave transmitter, about 10 kilometres south of Ballan.

The facility was closed permanently in March 2015 following the detection of contaminated water on the site, caused by CFA management knowingly using carcinogenic chemicals to cut costs, and the 2011 finding that the site is associated with a cancer cluster. The contamination extended to properties surrounding the training facility. After it was announced that up to 80 staff would lose their jobs, some CFA members criticised the closure and rallied to keep the site operating by requesting the government properly decontaminate the site and invest in infrastructure upgrades through use of local campaigning, social media and petitions.

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