The new $530,000 fire station in Axedale was completed earlier this year, but the CFA did not apply to have a siren at the station after they received an objection.

A siren was installed however, and was in use until Wednesday this week when the City of Greater Bendigo advised the brigade they could no longer use it.

Axedale Fire Brigade member Ben Rice said the siren played a crucial role during the fire season.

"If I wasn't in the fire brigade, as a community member I would want to know if there is a fire," he said.

"When there's a fire, sometimes the communications network is the first thing to go down. Then you need the siren.

"I nearly always have the pager on me, but if you're asleep it might not be enough to wake you up. Then I'll hear the siren in the background and I'll know straight away it's a fire."

The station's siren sounds for about a minute each time members are called out to attend an incident.

Brigade member Malcolm Rennie said the move to disconnect the siren on Wednesday was "farcical".

"Only half of our members have pagers," he said.

"Emergency Management Victoria stipulates all stations must have an emergency siren for the town.

"I can understand not running it through the night, but it's a crucial method of communication for our brigade."

The new fire station on McIvor Highway was built about 50 metres away from the former station, but received an objection to the inclusion of a siren.

City of Greater Bendigo manager statutory planning Ross Douglas said the CFA chose to proceed with the application without the siren.

"When the CFA in Melbourne applied for the planning permit they stated that a siren would not be used," he said.

"Subsequently, the local CFA installed a siren and used it, which resulted in complaints from local residents.

"The CFA has been advised that if they want to use the siren they will need to amend their planning permit. In doing so, they are likely to attract objections that will need to be considered by the City."

The Axedale Fire Brigade has already responded to six call outs since its new station was completed.

CFA District 2 operations manager Steve Smith said responding to the objection would have held up the project.

"We didn't want the siren to delay the completion of the new station, which is a huge benefit to the Axedale community," he said.

"If we were to proceed with the objection, the station would have been delayed. We decided to build the station and then apply for an application for the siren."

Mr Smith said the CFA would "go through a consultation phase" with the Axedale community when they seek to install a siren.

He said the fire brigade could rely on other forms of communication.

"Sirens aren't the primary use of communication for fire brigades," Mr Smith said.

"The pager is the primary alert system, there is also a reliable backup system in addition to the pager."