On early Friday morning the Portarlington CFA and Drysdale CFA were called to a undefined fire at 2:00am. The further information given was that it was believed that a shed adjoining 2 houses was well alight with one car on LPG gas inside. On arrival the officer in charge of the fire fight, Leiut. S. Scott's main aim was to protect the adjoining premises with the limited crew available at the early stages of the fire then to move onto the main seat of the fire when more resources were available. In all 5 appliances from both the Portarlington and Drysdale fire brigades and 16 fire fighters spent the early morning extinguishing the blaze.

Once again the Portarlington CFA was honored to be invited to march with members of the Portarlington RSL in their annual ANZAC day march from the RSL to Parks Hall for the service then back again to the RSL for lunch and where the younger generations can hear the stories from the surviving veterans of conflicts past.

With the great turnout at the march and also the service it is clear that the people who gave their lives for this country will not be forgotten any time soon.

On Saturday January the 13th the PUFB entered a team into the first ever Portarlington mussel festival dry boat race. As the rules where very vague there was a wide assortment of different entrants into the race that consisted of 2 heats, 1 semi final and 1 final. The PUFB team made it into the final and they finished 3rd overall out of 17 teams. A great time was had by all entrants and we are all looking forward to next years competition.

On the night before Christmas the brigade was honored to carry Santa and his Elf around the Portarlington area handing out lollies to the local children and guests as a practice before heading out to deliver millions of presents later in the night. The CFA volunteers were privileged enough to meet Santa and he promised to return next year to the boys and girls of Portarlington as they seemed to be the best behaved in the area.