On Monday 11 May, Fire Flyer's illustrious career will come to an end, and the next level of CFA's online communications will be born. After publishing more than 630 articles in over 75 editions, Fire Flyer will be relaunched as CFA Connect. Connect will include everything you already love about Fire Flyer and improve on everything you don't.

With new features like a blog, forum and self-publishing abilities, Connect will truly be your website. We're asking people to get involved by registering on the site, contributing their own local and statewide news, and joining in the discussions about all that's happening around CFA.

Working closely with CFA's Online Services team, we have developed a process that verifies CFA members registering with the site, so you'll be granted extra privileges and access that won't be available to the general public. To become a registered CFA Connect member you'll need a CFA Online (Brigades Online and the Intranet) login, though, so if you don't have one, organise a login now by following these simple steps. (Note that you need to create a separate CFA Connect account. You cannot log in to CFA Connect with your CFA Online details).

If you're not a CFA member and you'd still like to join the discussion, you'll be able to sign up as well. And, of course, anybody can browse the site like you would Fire Flyer; no login required. But that's enough talk.

Now it's over to you to get connected!