< ! -- The CFA has been involved in a number of major fires over the years where lives have been lost , including : CFA deployments have also assisted during interstate fires such as the 2002 Black Christmas bushfires fires in Sydney and the 2003 Canberra bushfires . In late 2015 , CFA firefighters were deployed to the South Australian fires , in support of CFS and SAFS crews . During February and March 2016 , hundreds of CFA volunteer firefighters and some career firefighters were deployed across Bass Strait , where they assisted Tasmanian firefighters working on the North West Tasmanian fires . Many CFA firefighting , communications and specialist vehicles were ferried over as well
South Australian fires
2015 Pinery bushfire
Country Fire Authority