Planned Burn Taskforce women’s workshop Over two days, 16 women from CFA’s Planned Burn Taskforce (PBTF) came together to identify options to increase participation and ensure CFA’s planned burning deployments continue to provid ... 28 Aug 2025 Inclusion and Fairness Planning and Research Go to Planned Burn Taskforce women’s workshop
CFA researcher paves the way for women in STEM Dr Tegan Brown is one of many incredible women researchers paving the way for women and girls who are looking to take on careers in STEM (science technology, engineering and mathematics). 11 Feb 2024 Inclusion and Fairness People Planning and Research Go to CFA researcher paves the way for women in STEM
Group exercise on the rural/urban fringe On Sunday 27 November Whittlesea Diamond Valley Group (WDVG) held an exercise in the rural/urban interface of Doreen. 28 Nov 2022 Community Safety Planning and Research Training and Recruitment Go to Group exercise on the rural/urban fringe
Emergency services prepare for high-risk season in Gippsland Emergency services personnel are coming together over the next four weeks to prepare for this year’s upcoming high-risk season through multi-agency briefings in several locations across Gippslan ... 5 Oct 2022 Operational Information Planning and Research Go to Emergency services prepare for high-risk season in Gippsland
Multi-agency training exercise at Wyndham Vale CFA members have participated in a multi-agency training exercise at Wyndham Vale where emergency crews were tasked with supporting the community during a grassfire. 31 Aug 2022 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers Planning and Research Go to Multi-agency training exercise at Wyndham Vale
Message from Chief Officer Jason Heffernan It has been nine years since CFA shifted from classifying brigades as Urban or Rural to the current number classifications of one to five, which are based on risk. 19 Aug 2022 People Planning and Research Go to Message from Chief Officer Jason Heffernan
The future of predictive services Bushfire simulation models and other predictive tools are increasingly used to inform operational and planning decisions and trained fire behaviour analysts (FBANs) provide a range of operational deci ... 29 Sep 2021 Planning and Research Go to The future of predictive services
CFA researcher wins award Ensuring that research is embedded into practice at CFA isn’t straightforward, but CFA Program Manager Research and Evaluation John Gilbert has been working with Dr Ken Strahan to do just that. 4 Jun 2021 Community Safety Planning and Research Go to CFA researcher wins award