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Who are our volunteers?

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Our volunteers are regular members of the community just like

you. If you are community minded and looking to make a

difference we are looking for individuals to work with our

existing members.

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What do Volunteers do?

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There are many ways that Volunteers can make a valuable

contribution to the community. CFA welcomes different people

with different skills to meet a wide variety of community needs.

The brigade has two types of roles, firefighting and non-fighting

roles (support team).

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Firefighting Roles –

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Refers to emergency operations roles that respond to a range of

incidents, including firefighting, road accidents, industrial

rescues, flood relief and chemical spills.

• Attending fires – bushfires and structural

• Conducting fuel reduction burns

• Attending road accident rescues

• Attending incidents involving hazardous materials

• Attending other emergencies including flood assistance

• Attending other types of rescue

 

Non Firefighting Roles –

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• Fire Safe Kids presenters & other community education programs

• Fundraising activities

• Brigade training

• Brigade equipment maintenance

• Media and public relations

• Multicultural liaison

• Brigade administration

 

Benefits of being a volunteer

 

Being a CFA volunteer can involve some hard work, but the rewards are great.

 

You can:

• Develop leadership and people management capabilities

• Learn new skills that help you in your professional and personal life

• Receive accredited training

• Meet new friends

• Be part of Victoria’s largest volunteer team

• Achieve personal goals

• Put something back into your community

• Involve the whole family