TFS Volunteering Community Engagement Toolkit
09 July 2021
The feedback from the TFS Volunteer Community Engagement Officers has helped the Community Development and Education team to improve resources for volunteers to increase their engagement in fire safety. There...
Small-scale community engagement
09 July 2021
There are over 230 volunteer brigades in Tasmania. Some are large, with active members who are interested in community engagement, while others are quite small with limited resources and little...
Cambridge Fire Brigade community engagement
09 July 2021
There are a few key things that underpin our brigade’s approach to community engagement: Our relationships with the community Knowing our response area, the community and any challenges that they...
Tasman Peninsula fire quiz night
09 July 2021
Our Challenge : The year 2020 and COVID-19 dominates the news, a new fire season approaches, the bush has grown back since the Dunalley fires seven years ago, and the...
Railton Brigade combines community engagement with a triage
09 July 2021
For some time, our brigade has been concerned about the bushfire risk of properties backing onto bushland or grassland around Railton. In October 2019, the brigade conducted a triage exercise...
Taroona engagement – lessons learnt
09 July 2021
The Taroona Volunteer Fire Brigade was recently invited to present at the southern 2021 Community Engagement Workshop and talk about our experiences with lower case sessions and the lessons we...
Central Coast SES Unit open day
09 July 2021
The Central Coast SES Unit, based in Ulverstone, decided to hold an open day to educate the public as to what SES does and the type of skills SES members...
Mitigating bushfire risk - we all play a part
26 February 2021
There are many different definitions of bushfire mitigation. In a nutshell, you could say it is about: Building community resilience reducing the risk of bushfires and their severity building capacity...
Bushfire survival planning
26 February 2021
Bushfire survival planning has always been important for people who live in bushfire-prone areas. Deciding whether you should leave early or stay and defend is a decision which needs to...
Pop up and stand out in your community this bushfire season
26 February 2021
We are in Tasmania’s bushfire season. The sun is (mostly) shining, stronger winds are here, and there is warmer weather through the day. This is a great time to engage...