Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV)

Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria

VFBV is the voice of CFA Volunteers. It brings together the Victorian Urban Fire Brigades Association and the Victorian Rural Fire Brigades Association both of which are established under the Country Fire Authority Act.

VFBV is the single and unified body representing all CFA Volunteers to the CFA Board and Management and to Governments, Ministers, Members of Parliament, councils and instrumentalities, business and the public.

Through a statewide network of Regional Councils and elected volunteer representatives, VFBV maintains direct links with grass roots volunteers over their issues, needs and concerns.

The VFBV Board meets with the CFA Board as the peak forum for strategic consultation on matters impacting on volunteers whether policy development, volunteer welfare, volunteer support, equipment and infrastructure, volunteer development or planning for CFA’s future.

VFBV shares with CFA a commitment to a community based volunteer and integrated fire and emergency service which delivers a safer Victoria.

Andrew Ford
CEO, Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria

Recent Site Updates

30-01-2012	Independent Fiskville Investigation Press Release
27-01-2012	From The Chief Officer...number 40
25-01-2012	Operations Bulletin 001/2012: Management Of Heat Stress During Operational Incidents
25-01-2012	Independent Fiskville Investigation Press Release
25-01-2012	Fiskville Update #6 (hygienist Reports Available)
16-01-2012	Fiskville Update - 16 January 2012
09-01-2012	From The Chief Officer...number 38
09-01-2012	Free Entry To Summer Heroes\' Raceday At Flemington
23-12-2011	Fiskville Update - 23 December
16-12-2011	Cancer Law Campaign
15-12-2011	From The Chief Officer...number 37
14-12-2011	Fiskville Update 14 December

What do CFA Volunteers do?

The CFA's 60,000 dedicated volunteers freely give their time to serve their community.

They train to national professional standards for emergency management and response; practice their craft through regular exercises; build community preparedness for fires and other emergencies; develop, communicate and educate on prevention strategies and initiatives; and, respond to fire and other emergencies. And they help Victorians and local communities recover from the ravages of fire and other disasters.

CFA volunteers are on call around the clock. They are supported and supplemented by 1,300 highly skilled operational and support paid staff of the CFA.

CFA volunteers come from Melbourne's suburbs, provincial cities, local towns, and communities across the state. They work at every level of the organisation from leadership and management to service delivery on the ground. They play a core role in CFA in planning and preparation; developing and implementing prevention strategies; and, delivering operational response, including incident management, to bushfires, structural fires and other emergencies. And they play an important part in helping individuals and communities recover from such disasters.

CFA volunteers are fundamental to the management and delivery of Victoria's emergency system.

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VFBV would like to acknowledge the support of the "Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund (CSF)" for providing funding to enable the development of this website.