Last Call for ESF Volunteer Leaders Forum
The Application deadline for this year’s Emergency Services Foundation’s Volunteer Leaders Forum is this Friday, 10th April.
There are a few spots still available, and it’s all free. All you have to do is get yourself there.
Again, it will be based at the St Kilda Novotel on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2015.
Delegates will meet top people in emergency services, from the Victorian Minister for Emergency Services to the Director-General of Emergency Management Australia. And they’ll also hear from some pretty amazing people, volunteers who’ve achieved great things in their sector.
They will also visit the State Police Operations Centre, Airservices Australia’s training centre at Tullamarine and the Department of Environment’s special Equipment Development Unit.
The full program is contained in the flyer, which you can download at http://www.hpe.com.au/esf/esfvols.html
Delegates will receive free accommodation at the hotel (generally twinshare) on the Friday and Saturday nights. All meals are provided on Saturday and Sunday, including the BBQ and USAR display on Saturday evening.
If you have ‘leadership potential’, complete the Application Form in the flyer, and get it back to the secretariat immediately. We expect more applicants than places, so make sure you get in quickly.
Successful applicants will be advised by Friday 17th April.
ESF Volunteer Leaders' Forum
The Emergency Service Foundation has announced that applications are now being accepted for this year’s Emergency Services Foundation’s Volunteer Leaders' Forum.
The event will be based at the St Kilda Novotel on Saturday and Sunday, 2/3 May 2015.
The program includes leadership talks and workshops, bus tours to some major emergency management sites around Melbourne and the always popular Chief Officers’ panel.
Click here for the full program
Delegates will receive free accommodation at the hotel (generally twin share) on the Friday and Saturday nights.
All meals are provided on Saturday and Sunday, including the BBQ and USAR display on Saturday evening.
Numbers will be tight this year, so you are urged to complete the application form in the flyer and get it back to the secretariat as soon as possible.
Successful applicants will be advised by Friday, 17 April 2015.
Emergency Services Foundation Scholarship 2015
Applications closing soon.
The Emergency Services Scholarship Foundation awards fellowships and grants under the ESF Scholarship Scheme to members of the Victorian emergency services that provide assistance to the Victorian community, to aid them to undertake advanced studies in Australia and overseas.
Scholarship proposals can focus on a range of areas containing a primary interest in pre-hospital emergency health or emergency services including but not limited to:
- Pre-hospital emergency patient treatment
- Emergency prevention
- Preparedness, response, recovery and risk management elements of their agency’s roles
- Lessening hazards experience by emergency service workers
- Pre-hospital care.
Although relevance across a range of agencies is an advantage, it is not mandatory.
For more information, see the Emergency Services Foundation website; http://www.esf.com.au/scholarships.htm and see the ESF Application Information Pack.
INTERESTED VOLUNTEERS should contact Jenny Davis (Executive Officer Emergency Services Foundation) on 0406 003 765 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Applicants should avoid submissions that duplicate research undertaken by previous scholarship winners.
Invitation - Emergency Services Foundation Volunteer Leaders' Forum
This year’s Emergency Services Foundation – 3rd Volunteer Leaders Forum, will be held in Melbourne on Saturday and Sunday 3 and 4 May.
Volunteers who wish to attend can be current volunteer leaders or prospective volunteer leaders - download the application form and details below.
The format for this year’s forum will include Day 1 at the Novotel St Kilda and Day 2 with a tour of the new training facility at Craigieburn.
The event offers;
- New Technology
- Meet Industry Leaders And Agency Chiefs
- Leadership Training
- Key Site Tours
- Emergency Management Updates
- Networking
CFA has the opportunity to have 40 members attend, funded by the Foundation.
Members who wish to nominate to attend can do so by forwarding their nomination direct to the Emergency Services Foundation as per the contact details on the last page of the attachment. Applications close on the 31st March 2014.
