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CFA Researches how Brigades Support Members
A new CFA research project aims to help Brigades in supporting their members through difficult times, and it will start by asking Brigades to talk about their own practical experience.
CFA’s Brigade Social Support Project is looking at the way Brigades support their members during potentially traumatic events and during day to day issues of hardship, such as distress from life events, distress from interpersonal conflict, or family and financial pressures.
The result will be a Brigade Social Support Framework document that collects that hard earned wisdom into what will be a good resource for Brigades everywhere.
The research will involve meetings and discussions between May and July, most of them conducted by a CFA volunteer researcher. If members of your Brigade have experience or ideas to offer, that show what works and what doesn’t work, please contact Peter Davis at CFA by Friday 10 May 2013.
You can contact Peter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on (03) 9262 8069.
CFA has posted an article with more details at https://news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/learning-from-brigades-social-supp.html
Operations Bulletin 003/2013: Planned Burn Notification Process
The Chief Officer has today released Operations Bulletin 003/2013: Planned Burn Notification Process.
Bulletin can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.
Operations Bulletin 010: Methods Of Stowage For Front Windscreen Radiant Heat Curtains
This Operations Bulletin applies to all operational personnel. Its purpose is to provide CFA members with advice for alternative methods of stowing the front windscreen radiant heat protective curtain on retrofit vehicles.
CFA Jones Implementation Action Plan
CFA has just published the Jones Inquiry Implementation Action Plan, which is a good result for all brigades.
The plan has been some time in coming – the Jones Inquiry’s 41 recommendations were made in July 2011, and were aimed at improving CFA’s arrangements relating to the recruitment, training, deployment, utilisation and support of CFA volunteers.
CFA Update On Kilmore East Litigation
CFA advises that the trial for the Kilmore East bushfire class action, originally scheduled to begin on 29 January 2013, has been rescheduled for 4 March 2013.
National Emergency Medal - Update
CFA nominations for the National Emergency Medal resulting from the 2009 fires campaign went to the Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat (AH&AS) Canberra in September 2012. There were 4,800 members on the list.
