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About LPFB

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Launching Place and Don Valley are in Victoria's Upper Yarra Valley region, and sit at the foothills of the Great Dividing Range.  Large tracts of temperate eucalypt forests exist in this part of Australia, with Don Valley being bordered by the Yarra Ranges National Park and water catchment areas.  Neighbouring brigades include Hoddles Creek, Woori Yallock, Yarra Junction and Badger Creek.
Over the past 10 years, residential areas of Launching Place have gradually expanded and now contain a large proportion of the areas population.  Major assets in Launching Place and Don Valley include:

• 2 primary schools and 1 kindergarten
• 1 sewage treatment plant
• 1 service station
• a number of commercial premises (shops, accommodation, etc)

    Originally known as Don Valley Rural Fire Brigade, LPFB has been helping to create a safer community for more than 50 years.  At the moment, LPFB has around 30 members who are all volunteers.  Not all members are firefighters, as some help with administration while others provide support during incidents in the form of providing meals and making sure brigade facilities are available when required.  Other members who are not active firefighters deal with communications from the main fire station (ie. operating the base radio and dealing with phone calls etc.).  Support volunteers are essential during major incidents, and are as important as the people who actually fight fires.
    LPFB has two fire stations;  a main station in Don Valley and a Sub-station in Launching Place which house 3 fire appliances (2 tankers and a support vehicle).  Volunteers can be responded at any time of the night or day, and are alerted by pagers and a fire siren.

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