The late Winsome Morris was the first female CFA member to receive an Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) in 2003.

The AFSM, for distinguished fire services, was just one of many medals and honours she received during her lifetime.

And her legacy has continued with the CFA naming a new street, Morris Drive, in her honour.

Mrs Morris was a member of the Callawadda Fire Brigade and long-time communications officer for the Stawell Group.

Known by everyone as Win, she was a member of the Callawadda Brigade alongside her husband Neville.

Neville was originally the communications officer for Stawell Group, but found working the farm and being the communications officer unsustainable, so Mrs Morris took over the role in 1972.

Mrs Morris daughter Sue Honeyman said the fire radio was a staple of her childhood summer.

"Every day during fire season, just before midday, Mum ran a sked on her fire radio that was installed at home," she said.

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"She would check the availability of people for the day from groups across the area, sharing the air way between five different groups on the same channel.

"As children my brothers, sister and I all knew we weren't to talk to Mum or make noise during sked time.

"I remember most days just sitting listening to the chatter and crackle of the radio."

Mrs Morris was passionate about the role of group communications and spent most of her time managing communications for operational incidents over many decades.

This included management of large incidents across multiple agencies including Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and Red Cross.

Always calm under pressure, she'd manage and communicate with available tankers and mobile units to attend fires and made the task look easy.

Mrs Honeyman said she has countless stories where fire threatened the family home and her mother was co-ordinating the fire fight behind the scenes.

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During the Deep Lead fire on New Year's Eve in 2005, Mrs Morris was in Stawell at the time and managed communications from the station.

But the fire crept closer and closer to home.

"Mum managed the complex task of coordinating aerial bombers and tankers at the same time as she was comforting me about the situation and reassuring me that everything would be okay," Mrs Honeyman said.

"I also remember the Campbells Bridge fire on Christmas Day.

"A lightning strike caused a fire in front of the farm house.

"Mum was straight to the radio managing communications while my Dad, brothers and boyfriend collected the local tanker and fought to get the fire under control."

The new street is located at the Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre in the Central Highlands, with the road, Morris Drive, named in Mrs Morris' honour for her service to CFA.

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