Vic volunteer firefighters' gear stolen THIEVES have stolen equipment from a volunteer fire brigade in Melbourne's north. The burglary at the Wandong CFA station happened between Friday and Saturday. About $15,000 worth of equipment was taken including breathing apparatus, a portable defibrillator, radios, chainsaws and torches. "It was not until members of the brigade attended a truck fire on the Hume Freeway on Sunday afternoon that they realised the items, which were needed to fight the fire, were missing," a police spokesman said on Monday.