Emergency Services Foundation
The Emergency Services Foundation was
established following the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. It operates
as a trust to provide immediate support for those who suffer hardship as a result of the death of a family member or injuries sustained in the line of duty.
The Foundation also provides educational scholarships to members of the
industry and conducts support activities such as the annual Emergency
Management Conference to increase the understanding of the key issues
that challenge emergency services personnel.
ESF NEWS
GOOD NEWS FOR VOLUNTEERS
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT APPLYING FOR A 2013 VOLUNTEER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDED BY THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT CALL JENNY
ON 0406 003 765
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2012 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
EMERGENCY SERVICES FOUNDATION 2012 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
The Emergency Services Foundation is pleased to advise that the following scholarship applicants have been awarded a 2012 Emergency Services Foundation Scholarship:
- Matthew Anderson - VICPOL -Complete the Multi-Agency Silver (Tactical) CBRN Command Course and acquire additional CBR Training materials.
- Cliff Overton - MFB - Research into the planning and creation of resilient places through improvements in land use planning strategy,policy and regulation.
- Rick Owen - CFA - Post Fire Atmospheric Monitoring in Structures for Public and Responder Safety.
- Mark Swiney - MFB - Benchmarking Systems and Structures of Large Scale Crisis Management against outcomes of Emergency Management Reform.
- Kerryn Wratt - AMBVIC - Improving pre-hospital care in remote and wilderness environments of Victoria,Australia.
- David Goldfinch - Australian Volunteer Coastguard Investigation into development of crew protection systems for emergency services personell working in the marine environment.
- Casey Nunn - AMBVIC -Volunteer - Techniques used to improve leadership skills and other schemes for the recruitment and retention of volunteers.- An international emergency service perspective.
- Fiona Sewell - CFA - Volunteer - Identify Strategies to increase and Sustain Pre Incident Resilience in Emergency Service groups.
Funding for all Volunteer Scholarships has been kindly provided by the Victorian Government.
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WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (WPI)-Social Media Project.
Students from WPI have concluded their Social Media project hosted by the Emergency Services Foundation and have returned to the United States. Their final report will be made available on this website in due course.
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2012
Please see Conference Page for further details of the annual EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE-EMC 2012 ,which will be held in Melbourne on Tuesday and Wednesday the 10th and 11th July 2012.
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ESF 2012 Successful Scholarship Recipient Night
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On Monday the 23rd April 2012, successful scholarship recipients and colleagues gathered together in the Theatre Room at MFB Burnley, to congratulate this years successful scholarship applicants.This event also created an excellent networking opportunity as detailed in the above photograph.
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ESF -Volunteer Leaders Forum in Bendigo
12th and 13th May 2012
130 Volunteers from Emergency Service organisations in Victoria attended a weekend forum at the All Seasons Hotel in Bendigo.
The Hon.Peter Ryan (Deputy Premier and Minister for Police & Emergency Services)welcomed delegates prior to them attending the various demonstrations and workshops on offer.
Presentations from recent ESF Volunteer Scholarship Awardees were
very well received.
Key note speakers over the 2 day event included :
- Maj General Jim Molan
- Craig Ferguson of DHS
- Craig Lapsleyy the Fire Services Commissioner
Four lucky attendees won tickets to attend the Grace Kelly Exhibition in Bendigo.
The Mayor of Bendigo- Cr Alec Sandner welcomed the 130 delegates to the 'ESF Volunteer Leaders Forum Dinner' which provided a great opportunity for them to network across the various agencies.
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2011 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
The following six Emergency Service staff members were awarded 2011 ESF scholarships:
EMERGENCY SERVICES FOUNDATION 2011 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
- Lindsay Bent -AMBVIC-Demand modelling for medical response.
- Christopher Blackstock - CFA - Using social media to aid decision making during an emergency.
- Angela Seach - CFA - Organisational responses to long term psychological impacts of disaster on individuals and groups.
- Marianne Brereton - MAS - Developing a model (Hart) for paramedics to be deployed to major disasters.
- Jonathon Van Ek - MFB - Rapid extrication of time critical patients involved in motor vehicle incidents.
- Ross McNeil - Vicpol - Evaluate methods used to evacuate residents in constricted locations during wildfire.
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EMERGENCY SERVICES FOUNDATION 2011 VOLUNTEER SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
- Stephen Luke - St.John Ambulance Aust - Evaluation of the impact on local health services of St.John Ambulance pre-hospital Medical Assistance Team deployments at mass gatherings.
- Peter Olthof - VIC SES - Flash Flood Warning Systems.
- Kate Riddell - AMBVIC - Understanding of current best practice in Mental Health First Aid Training for front-line emergency services volunteers.
- Stuart Stuart - Victorian Council of Churches /Emergency Ministry- Critical Incident Stress Management within the Government arrangements.
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ESF ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
Should you wish to receive an electronic copy of our Alumni newsletter please contact Jenny or email your request to jdavis@mfb.vic.gov.au
Previous copies.
The previous newsletters are available in the Alumni section.
