Training

The weekend of 5th- 6th October 2012 saw participants from CFA, DSE, MFB, Parks Victoria, Melbourne Water and VicForests attend the Cobaw Bushfire Staff Ride, a first for Victorian Fire Agencies.   This staff ride, undertaken in Cobaw State Forest, 75km north from Melbourne near Macedon, was the location of a planned burn escape in April 2003 and provided an exceptional learning opportunity.

The Jones Inquiry Joint Implementation Action Plan has been released today and is available on CEO Mick Bourke’s blog.

Westernport Group Brigades fire up with Exercise Sea Eagle.

Media release issued by Victoria Police. Victoria Police and CFA have led a multi-agency exercise this morning designed to test and review crucial decision-making and evacuation procedures in the event of a bushfire.

Join CEO Mick Bourke and Executive Director Operational Training & Volunteerism Lex de Man next Wednesday 21 November to discuss CFA’s progress in implementing the recommendations from the Jones Inquiry.

Over 40 people from CFA, DSE, Victoria police and SES participated in Gippsland’s recent Phoenix Parsons exercise.

Wodonga Group had their annual Round Robin Exercise on Sunday 11Nov12.

Two years ago, Leading Firefighter Andrew Schulz initiated a series of mentoring tactical exercises without troops (TEWTs) to get District 24 crew and strike team leaders warmed up for the fire season.

CFA Chief Officer Euan Ferguson and his deputies ran through their bushfire tanker survival drills at CFA HQ in Burwood last week.

By Glenn Wilson