Membership Benefits

The ACT Volunteer Brigades’ Association (ACTVBA) represents, and advocates in the interests of the health and wellbeing of the volunteer rural bushfire fighter members of the ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) in consultation with its six (6) ACTRFS member brigades: Gungahlin, Hall, Molonglo, Rivers, Southern, and Tidbinbilla.

All individual members of the ACTRFS are automatically members of the ACTVBA and can seek VBA representation in respect of issues of concern to them.

Our ACTRFS volunteer firefighting brigades are located across the Australian Capital Territory on the urban-rural interface including at Belconnen (Molonglo), Gungahlin, Weston Creek/Stromlo (Rivers), Hall, Tharwa (Southern), Monaro Highway (Guises Creek), Tidbinbilla, and Jerrabomberra (inner South).

We:

• provide a forum volunteer firefighters to come together to discuss matters of mutual interest and concern through their six (6) member ACTRFS volunteer brigades

• create special interest committees to study issues of interest and concern to our volunteer firefighters and to work on agreed projects that will positively impact our volunteers

• represent members’ interests in negotiations with the ACTRFS, the ACT Emergency Services Agency, the ACT Government and other associations, organisations, and individuals including the Council of Australian Volunteer Fire Associations (CAVFA)

• provide advice to the ACTRFS Brigade Captains’' Group, the ACTRFS Presidents’ Group, and the ACT Bushfire Council as required

• support volunteer firefighter attendance at conferences, forums, and training opportunities to assist with volunteer development

• promote volunteer well-being and morale including by providing financial and other support for ACTRFS volunteer firefighters

• organise and/or support events such as annual Field Days, annual dinners, volunteer awards, and volunteer education conferences

• support individual members in respect of volunteer-service related worker’s compensation claims

• provide information and support including via the website

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