DINGLEY VILLAGE, VIC. — A special emergency services game will be held as the curtain-raiser to the Hawthorn vs Essendon AFLW match at the Kennedy Centre from 12.30pm today, with Fire Rescue Victoria and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) taking on a Victoria Police/Ambulance Victoria team.
Go along and cheer on the AFLW teams and celebrate women in emergency services – including Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police, Fire Rescue Victoria, Country Fire Authority, Triple Zero Victoria, DEECA, Life Saving Victoria, Australian Red Cross, VICSES, St John Ambulance Victoria and Victorian Council of Churches Emergencies Ministry.
Entry to the Emergency Services Match is free, with discounted tickets for emergency services personnel to the main AFLW match available here.
























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