“Just because something is done differently, it doesn’t mean it’s being done wrong,” Jason Miller said had been one of his biggest lessons from the MFB-CFA Secondment Program.
CFA brigade sirens and fixed public sirens could be made available to alert communities about all emergency incidents including bushfires, storms and floods under a policy launched by the Victorian Government.
Chief Officer Euan Ferguson will host the next online Q & A session at 6pm this Wednesday 16 May discussing the importance of mentoring and leadership amongst our volunteers to coincide with National Volunteer Week.
A strong recruitment rate, the establishment of 65 new firefighter positions and the deployment of 35 of them are among several milestones announced in the Project 2016 Review that was recently presented to the Project’s Steering Committee.
It wasn’t what you would call a warm day but a warm welcoming was exactly what Chief Officer Euan Ferguson got when he visited CFA brigades within the Northern and Western Metropolitan Region today.
The four CFA membership classifications have been finalised and every volunteer will now be classified as brigade support, firefighter, associate member or a junior member.