Wildlife Operations Coordinators

Andrena Francey from Bayles, Bronwen Sinnott and Leonie Woodham from Gembrook along with Marilyn Blankley-Lyall from Portland attended the three day course and are CFA's first DSE accredited ‘Wildlife Field Operations Coordinators’ (WFOC).

The WFOC plays an important role in resolving wildlife issues during a major incident by communicating and coordinating between the planning and operations sections of an IMT.

The role will operate from the Staging Area and is essentially responsible for:

• Indentifying broad wildlife populations at risk
• Providing specialist animal welfare advice to assist in the development of planning strategies
• Identifying individual animal and wildlife welfare needs
• Coordinating the safe retrieval, treatment and transport of injured animals from the fire ground
• Coordination of all DSE registered wildlife animal rescuers during major incidents.

Congratulations to these CFA members for completing the training and providing a valuable link between CFA and DSE for the rescue and protection of our wildlife.

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Bronwen Sinnott, Andrena Francy and Leonie Woodham.