CFA: Increase in the number of volunteers involved in corporate governance arrangements at regions and districts
CFA reported a significant increase in the result for this annual indicator against the two-year baseline.
In 2023-24, 2,175 CFA volunteers were involved in corporate governance arrangements in regions and districts. This is an increase of 154 per cent against the two-year baseline of 858. CFA attribute this increase to factors such as improvements in data capture, focussed development of committees and broader engagement of volunteers due to an expected higher level of seasonal risk.
Figure 1: Number of volunteers involved in corporate governance arrangements at regions and districts
FRV: Successful recruitment and retention of women firefighters
FRV has recorded the highest result for this measure since reporting commenced in 2021-22.
In 2023-24, FRV recruited 19 new women firefighters and maintained a 100 per cent retention rate of these new recruits.
The recruitment and retention of women career firefighters is a key action for FRV in the Year 2-5 Fire Services Reform Implementation Plan.
FRV continues to implement its Gender Equality Action Plan 2022-2025 and progress policies and programs which support the wellbeing and inclusion of women firefighters across their employee lifecycle. This includes the Women’s Support Coordinator program, which provides tailored support and guidance to all new women recruit firefighters through the recruitment and onboarding process.
This program was recently recognised at the 2024 Emergency Services Foundation’s Diversity and Inclusion Awards, winning the Women’s Equality Initiative award category.
Figure 2: Successful recruitment and retention of women firefighters
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