The
CFS has over 9 999 volunteer firefighters and 3 455 operational
support members.
Our brigade has 34 firefighters and 12 operational support
members.
Interested
in joining our brigade, please see the requirements below
The
CFS organization operates in a hierarchical structure,
therefore the following operational positions at Athelstone
are held by:
Captain:
Eero Haatainen
Lieutenant
1: Wayne Atkins
Lieutenant 2: Michael Rossi
Lieutenant 3: Jim Quinn
Senior
Firefighter 1: Andrew Timko
Senior Firefighter 2: Ian Dolman
Senior Firefighter 3: Joel Schirmer
Brigade
Administrative Officer: George Polomka
Requirements
for Joining our Brigade
To
become a member of the CFS, you must submit to a police
check. Once cleared by the police you may join a brigade
as a probationary member. You remain on probation until
accepted by the Brigade at a Brigade meeting. You must
complete Basic Firefighter 1 (BFF1) certificate within
six months and can not ride on an operational appliance
until your BFF 1 is completed.
To
join this Brigade, you must live close enough to the station
to be able to attend the station, when responded from
home, in a reasonable time. Most of our members live within
3 minutes but some are up to ten minutes of the station.
Athelstone
Brigade will give you opportunities to complete Basic
Firefighter 1, Supress Wildfire, and specialty courses
such as Operate Breathing Apparatus Open Circuit , First
Aid, Road Crash Rescue (RCR) and Hazmat. You must have
completed prerequisite courses to attend calls with Metropolitan
Fire Servies (MFS), RCR, Hazmat, and structure fires.
Athelstone CFS Brigade tries to get all volunteers to
a level of training that allows everyone to be able to
respond to all calls.
Opportunities
also exist for people to become operational support members.
These people can handle radio operations, catering, logistics
and administration.
The
Brigade encourages people wishing to become involved,
to contact the station and have your name put on our list
so we can contact you should a vacancy arise. Existing
members of other CFS Brigades wishing to transfer to Athelstone
will be treated on a case by case basis and are not subject
to our normal joining processes.
If
you are still interested, then please contact us and we
will contact you when positions become available.
