General News
3 July, 2024
Winter training will have firies summer ready
FIRE brigade volunteers across the Loddon are using winter to brush up on skills and encourage new members ahead of the summer fire season. Serpentine, Dingee-Tandarra and Inglewood brigades will host sessions over the next two months. Recruitment...
FIRE brigade volunteers across the Loddon are using winter to brush up on skills and encourage new members ahead of the summer fire season.
Serpentine, Dingee-Tandarra and Inglewood brigades will host sessions over the next two months.
Recruitment of new members will also be in focus for Serpentine with a presentation aimed at younger people in the district put on the Country Fire Authority’s calendar.
Captain Neville Cockerell said the brigade was contacting people who had expressed interest in becoming a CFA volunteer.
“We are using the winter months as an ideal time for recruitment and training,” Mr Cockerell said.
“We have been able to have District 20 schedule up to five training sessions in Serpentine during this time to make skill nights more easily accessible for local members and those in the district and not clashing with peak times for harvest and other farm activities.
“Lifting brigade numbers and skills during the colder months will certainly help the brigade in preparedness for the summer fire season.”
Dingee brigade will host a three-session training module at the end of July on supressing wildfire while on-road driving courses will be based in Inglewood for two weekends in August.
District 20 held first aid training courses for brigades this month in the rollout of skill opportunities for volunteers.