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VFBV FINAL SUBMISSION VFBV's LETTER TO MPs
VFBV INITIAL SUBMISSION VFBV NOTES FOR VOLUNTEERS
WATCH THIS SPACE - The Review's final report and the Government's response have been postponed until after the bushfire season - both are likely to have important ramifications for volunteers everywhere and Brigades should be ready to study them as soon as they become available.
Click on the list below to see VFBV's submission and supporting documents - if you have made submission to the Review and would like to make it available on this page, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
What is the Fire Services Review?
The Review was set up as a comprehensive review of MFB and CFA – a serious issue for volunteers - and the review was run on a very short time frame.
See the State Government media release here and the Review’s Terms of Reference here. See below for what VFBV had to say on some of the issues.
VFBV's Final Submission to the Fire Services Review
VFBV's Initial Submission - Dated 14 August 2015
- The Cover Letter to VFBV's Initial Submission
- What we told the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission
- VFBV's submission on the 2009 proposal for the amalgamation of the fire services
- The Jones Report, and the Appendices to the Jones Report
- What VFBV told the Jones Jones Inquiry
- The 2014 VFBV Volunteer Welfare & Efficiency Survey report
- The Victorian Auditor General's report on the management of emergency services volunteers
- VFBV's media release explained our views on the VAGO Report.
- The 2008 Lewis Report looked into the selection of new Personal Protective Clothing (PPC) for firefighters.
- The Victorian Government Green Paper on the Emergency Services
- VFBV's submission on the Green Paper
