FACT. Mobilising Volunteers Can Be Done — ASN Events
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  2. Friday
  3. FACT. Mobilising Volunteers Can Be Done
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Kembla/Keira rooms

FACT. Mobilising Volunteers Can Be Done

David Stimson
Community Safety Officer Southern Highlands
NSW Rural Fire Service

Helen Fenning
FACT Group Team Leader
NSW Rural Fire Service
Maureen Pietrucha

FACT Group Team Leader
NSW Rural Fire Service

Being able to deploy trained and available volunteers to provide support and advice to communities under bush fire threat is an important capability. Many Districts have found the task of recruiting, training and resourcing volunteers capable of being able to be deployed to active fire grounds in Community Field Liaison roles challenging.
The Fire Awareness and Community Engagement Team (FACT) is now being deployed to support the Community Liaison function at major incidents and large scale hazard reductions. Many lessons were learnt during the Hall Road fire and now there is a renewed interest in this very important resource.