Firefighting training at Country Fire Authority's (CFA) regional training centres in the past has contaminated soil, surface water and groundwater at the sites.
EPA has regulated the management and remediation of contamination at 7 of CFA’s regional training centres:
- Fiskville (now closed)
- Penshurst
- Wangaratta
- Longerenong
- Huntly
- Fulham (Sale)
- Bangholme.
The main contaminant at these sites is PFAS. In the past, some firefighting foams contained PFAS.
CFA has not used firefighting foams containing PFAS since 2007.
CFA closed the Fiskville training centre in 2015. They have decommissioned the training centre and cleanup of the site has been completed.
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Reviewed 27 September 2023
