2021 Peer Support Training Opportunity
RED Friday Peer Support Team Training is available for up to fifteen NSW RFS Volunteer Firefighters (fully sponsored by RED Friday).
RED Friday has created a program schedule specifically for NSW RFS Volunteers.
Note: You don’t have to be a member of the VFFA to participate.
The primary focus of the program is the development of the skills needed to provide a reliable internal support system at a Brigade level and a crisis response plan (external support programs) as needed.
Potential opportunities for improved town and city bushfire protection across Australia
An indepth study by John O’Donnell looks back on all the major house and structure losses associated with major fires and distills the recommendations from these fires into 24 key principles in regards to town and city bushfire protection.
You can download your copy from the story.
How and why prescribed burning mitigates bushfire losses
An excellent article published on Facebook, Timber Offcuts magazine and WA Today highlights the continued failing of ‘academic experts’ to understand the fundamentals of hazard reduction.
Well worth a read!
Coulson’s successful night fire suppression program
Coulson’s pioneering in the night fire suppression space is really ground breaking. Read more ….
News Roundup June 22nd
Three years after the Turnbull announced two Blackhawk helicopters would be transferred to the RFS, it appears that it will no eventually happen.
This is one of a number of stories in this edition of our News Roundup from around the state,
Leadership styles on volunteer firefighter mental health and wellbeing – Research Study
Project title Exploring the influence of leadership styles on volunteer firefighter mental health and wellbeing. What does the research involve? This study seeks to explore the
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