| Acronym | Title |
|---|---|
| ACFO | Assistant Chief Fire Officer |
| BA | Breathing apparatus |
| BAU | Business as usual |
| Building Act | Building Act 1993 |
| CAoV | Country Area of Victoria |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFA | Country Fire Authority |
| CO, CFA | CFA Chief Officer |
| Co-located stations | For the purposes of this report, co-located stations refer to those stations which were formerly CFA integrated stations |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus |
| CSBA | Community Safety Building Authority |
| D&I Strategy | CFA Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2023-2025 |
| DEI Strategy | FRV Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy FY 2023 - 2032 |
| Division A | Former MFB staff managed under Part A of the Fire Rescue Victoria Operational Employees Interim Enterprise Agreement 2020 |
| Division B | Former CFA staff covered under Part B of the Fire Rescue Victoria Operational Employees Interim Enterprise Agreement 2020 |
| DJCS | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
| EA | Enterprise Agreement |
| FRB | Firefighters Registration Board |
| FRV | Fire Rescue Victoria |
| FRV Act | Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 |
| ELT | FRV Executive Leadership Team |
| FRV Corporate EA | Fire Rescue Victoria Corporate and Technical Employees Agreement |
| FRV Operational EA | Fire Rescue Victoria Operational Employees Interim Enterprise Agreement 2020 |
| FRV Strategy | FRV Strategic Plan 2022-2032 |
| FRV Workforce Plan | FRV Strategic Workforce Plan (Operations) 2022-2027 |
| FSIM | Fire Services Implementation Monitor |
| FSIM’s Annual Report 2020/21 | Fire Services Implementation Monitor Annual Report 2020/21: Setting the foundations |
| FSIM’s Annual Report 2021/22 | Fire Services Implementation Monitor Annual Report 2021/22 |
| FSOC | Fire Services Operational Committee |
| FWC | Fair Work Commission |
| FY | Financial year |
| GEAP | Gender Equality Action Plan 2022-2025 |
| GFF | General Fire Fighters course |
| HAZMAT | Hazardous materials |
| HoA | CFA/FRV Heads of Agency Steering Committee |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IT | Information technology |
| IPs | Interoperability procedures |
| JSOPs | Joint Standard Operating Procedures |
| MFB | Metropolitan Fire Brigade |
| Minister | Minister for Emergency Services |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| Network | FRV’s Women’s Support Coordinator Network |
| OOSA | Overarching Operational Services Agreement |
| P350 program | 350 Firefighter Program – Capital Sub-Program |
| PAD | Practical Areas for Drills |
| PPC | Personal protective clothing |
| PTA | Professional, technical and administrative |
| Regulations | Fire Rescue Victoria (Firefighters Registration Board) Regulations 2022 |
| RRAP | Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RTO | Registered Training Organisation |
| SEC | Fie Services Strategic Executive Committee |
| SLDA | Service Level Deed of Agreement |
| SO | Station Officer |
| SSO | Senior Station Officer |
| STO | Station Turn Out |
| Structural PPC | Structural Personal Protective Clothing |
| SWH | Safe Working at Heights |
| Tenancy Agreement | The Lease and Licensing Agreement for the 34 co-located stations[80] |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| UFU | United Firefighters Union of Australia – Victoria Branch |
Vacancy and relief
| The Secondment Agreement relates to various categories of staff seconded to CFA. For the purposes of this report, the terms ‘vacancy’ and ‘relief’ relate specifically to only Commander and ACFO positions seconded to CFA from FRV as defined under the Secondment Agreement. ‘Vacancy’ refers to the situation where a substantive Commander or ACFO position (as defined under the Secondment Agreement) does not have an FRV seconded staff member formally appointed to that role. ‘Relief’ refers to the situation where a Commander or ACFO seconded to CFA is absent from their substantive position (for example, on extended leave) and FRV is required to provide a suitably qualified employee to backfill the position. |
| VFBV | Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria |
| VPCFRB | Victorian Professional Career Firefighters Registration Board Ltd |
| VSP | Volunteer Support Package |
| VTA | Volunteer Trainer and Assessors |
| Wildfire PPC | Wildfire Personal Protective Clothing |
| WWCC | Working with Children Check |
| Year Two to Five Plan | Minister for Emergency Services’ Year Two to Five Fire Services Reform Implementation Plan, updated in May 2023 |
Footnotes
[80] There are 33 CFA brigades at sites that are now operated by FRV and one co-located site (Lara) where CFA retains the asset and FRV is the tenant.
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