ACEFAC 2014 * Engaging External Stakeholders Around CALD Fire Safety in Wagga Wagga
David Weir
Community Safety Coordinator Culturally Diverse and Aboriginal Services
Fire and Rescue NSW
New arrivals in Australia face many challenges. Analysis of home kitchen or cooking areas fires have identified that in some locations new arrivals are more likely to be affected by such incidents. The focus is on the needs of new and emerging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities settling in regional NSW (Wagga Wagga). There is a need to ensure that Home Fire Safety is an integral part of the Settlement Program. In partnership with local CALD service provides, Fire and Rescue NSW delivers its key fire safety messages to these new arrivals to build capacity and resilience.