Volunteer Forum chills out at Coldstream
New volunteer instructor helmets on display
On a cold evening in Coldstream, the May Volunteer Forum addressed all the hot topics across CFA training as well as celebrating our volunteers during National Volunteer Week.
With host Acting Chief Officer Garry Cook AFSM and DCO Operational Doctrine and Training Rohan Luke leading the way, the panel of experts covered off General Firefighter, Training Pathways, new digital assessments, training principles, volunteer instructors, women only training, LMS updates, new doctrine, RTO governance and so much more.
Coldstream captain Sean Bethell showed off the new Coldstream station and we introduced polls into the chat for those watching live, where we discovered 87 per cent of our audience are CFA members and they wanted to hear more about training pathways.
We featured three videos highlighting CFA volunteers as part of National Volunteer Week and showed the support of volunteers participating in filming training videos to help teach other volunteers.
Check out the May Volunteer Forum on CFA YouTube or specific sections through the links bellow.
Key moments:
4:50 Coldstream station Tour and history with ACFO David Maxwell and Coldstream Captain Sean Bethell
8:00 Coming Up
8:52 Welcome from Acting Chief Officer Garry Cook AFSM
11:10 Captain Sean Bethell on fire at Coldstream station in 2000
14:00 2019-20 fires and Coldstream involvement in donations
17:05 DCO Rohan Luke overview on significant training activities
19:16 General Firefighter (GFF)
24:28 New members at Coldstream and GFF
26:27 IMT Training Pathways
27:21 New digital assessments
29:17 Training Pathways
33:24 Student doctor and CFA volunteer Tim Duff
35:44 National Volunteer Week (NVW)
36:29 Wesburn-Millgrove Captain Sascha Grant on NVW
37:03 Group Officer Fiona Burns on NVW
38:28 Something for everyone at brigade level in CFA
39:45 Something for everyone at group level in CFA
41:16 Recruitment opportunities during NVW
42:00 Volunteer Instructors
42:58 Helmets for trainers and assessors
44:03 Strike Team leaders video production
45:37 Importance of volunteer involvement in filming training videos
48:00 Training for women
53:11 Badger Creek NVW video
54:51 Learning Hub - LMS
56:05 Doctrine update
57:33 New helmet markings
1:00:33 Training Development
1:03:03 Registered Training Organisation (RTO) developments
1:06:34 Vehicle Driver Licensing Records - logbooks
1:10:36 Langwarrin NVH video
1:11:40 IDAHOBIT Day
1:12:42 National Reconciliation Week
1:14:07 Audience question - What are we doing to increase instructor training and ensure support from paid instructors?
1:18:29 Audience question - Access to new helmets for members who weren't part of the original rollout?
1:20:40 Audience question - Support for female recruitment?
1:22:45 Audience question - Exorbitant price of workwear?
1:25:10 Thanks yous and close
1:26:17 Credits