Definitions
| Acronym | Title |
|---|---|
| BMT | Brigade Management Team |
| BP3 | Budget Paper 3 (Service Delivery) |
| BP4 | Budget Paper 4 (Agency Resourcing) |
| CFA | Country Fire Authority |
| CFASafe | A system primarily used for recording details of hazards, incidents, and near misses for the purpose of assigning corrective actions to eliminate or minimise the consequence or likelihood of reoccurrence. |
| Division A | Former Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) Firefighters |
| Division B | Former CFA Firefighters |
| EMR | Emergency Medical Response |
| EMV | Emergency Management Victoria |
| FDR |
Fire Danger Rating |
| FireEd | Fire Education |
| FLAMES | Home fire safety education program specifically tailored for secondary aged students newly arrived in Australia, studying English as an Additional Language |
| FRV | Fire Rescue Victoria |
| FRV38 | Former CFA stations transferred to FRV as part of the reform |
| FRVSafe | System for capturing and monitoring hazard & incident reports for FRV personnel |
| FSIM | Fire Services Implementation Monitor |
| GMT | Group Management Teams |
| LGA | Local Government Association |
| PTA | Professional, Technical and Administrative staff |
| USAR | Urban search and rescue |
Reference to fire services agencies
References to the fire services in this document relate specifically to CFA and FRV. Where more than one fire services agency is referenced in this document, they are listed in alphabetical order.
Comparison between agencies’ performance against published Outcomes Frameworks
As the two outcomes frameworks are based on the agencies’ own strategic and operational priorities, comparisons between the agencies should not be made.
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