With stations at the ski resorts of Mount Hotham and Dinner Plain, this brigade faces some of the harshest terrain and weather of any fire fighting group in Australia. Mount Hotham fire station is the highest altitude fire station in Australia.

Formed in 1997, taking over responsibility for the area from the Mt Hotham Resort Management Board, the CFA later completed construction of a second station at Dinner Plain in 1999 to cater for the substantial development taking place. From humble beginnings, MHDP brigade has developed into a vibrant and efficient team, ably demonstrated during the Alpine bushfires of 2003.

Brigade responsibilities cover the resorts of Mount Hotham and Dinner Plain as well as the Hotham Airport through to the higher plains of Cobungra Station.

The team gratefully acknowledge the support given during these fires by strike teams from all over Victoria, interstate and New Zealand.

Brigade members are a mixture of permanent residents and seasonal staff at Mt Hotham and mainly permanent residents at Dinner Plain. The team is supplemented during winter by a full-time CFA Operations Officer residing at the Hotham station.

Despite sub-zero temperatures and often strong winds in winter, brigade members train at least one night a week, essential to maintain skills on the varied equipment employed.

Skills brigade members ensure are current include driving and vehicle requirements, structural fires, wildfire training, Breathing Apparatus, Gas Fire suppression, hazardous materials and Search & Rescue to name but a few.

The members of the Mount Hotham-Dinner Plain Brigade trust you find this website useful. Please take your time to explore the site and the many images contained within it.

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