Scholarships
The purpose of the ESF Scholarship Scheme, is
to enable fellowships and grants to be made to members of the Victorian
Emergency Services to assist them to undertake advanced studies in Australia
or overseas.This might be by participating in formal courses of education
or training or by attachment for study or observation with other agencies
or educational or training institutions to advance their educational and
professional standards.
Emergency Services Agency heads need to fully endorse recommended applicants
for scholarships, confirming the benefits that would flow to the agency if their
nominee is successful and the proposed methodology suggested.
A Scholarship Committee has been established and at this point in excess of 80
scholarships have been awarded.
ESF Scholarship Alumni Information evening - 1st September 2009
2011 ESF SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS.
Scholarship applications are also welcome from the following Victorian Agencies when applications open on the 1st September 2010.
- AMBULANCE VICTORIA
- AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS (VIC)
- AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER COAST GUARD ASSOC
- COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY
- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
- DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY
- DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
- LIFE SAVING VICTORIA
- MARINE SAFETY VICTORIA
- METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE
- PARKS VICTORIA
- ST.JOHN AMBULANCE AUSTRALIA VIC
- VICTORIA POLICE
- VICTORIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE
A scholarship information pack can be obtained, by clicking on the link below.
ESF Application Information Pack in PDF format
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION/MENTORING EVENING
An information evening will be held at MFB in Burnley on Monday the 13th September for emergency services personnel interested in applying for an ESF Scholarship or for Emergency Services Volunteers who wish to apply for a Volunteer Scholarship.
FOR ANY QUERY
Should you need assistance, wish to discuss your application for next year and the processes involved, contact Jenny Davis on 0406 003765 who will put you in touch with an ESF Alumni member within your agency, who has previously been awarded a scholarship and will be happy to mentor and guide you through the process.
ESF Scholarship Scheme 2010
This year scholarships were awarded to:
- Tom Lowe of Department of Sustainability & Environment.
Topic -Building Community capacity to live with fire.
- Jonathan Payne of Victoria Police.
Topic-Management of OH & S of emergency service employees in uncontrolled environmments & to seek out best practice in mitgation.
- Ron Sheppard of Australian Volunteer Coast Guard.
Topic- Risk management in recreational boating.
- Dalal Smiley of Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
Topic- Achieving Diversity in Emergency Services through Positive Action Programs.
- Nigel Taylor of Life Saving Victoria.
Topic- Water safety for communities.
ESF Scholarship Scheme 2009
Last years scholarships were awarded to:
- Julie Harris of MFB
Topic- Knowledge transfer of vulnerable groups amongst various agencies.
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- Mick Hermans of Victoria Police.
Topic- To consider the impacts of civil disturbance,obedience and public order in U.K,identifying best practice mechanisms in the emergency management of racial/religious events and the conflicts,as part of event management.
- Michael Whitty of MFB
Topic- To consider expanded use of thermal imaging technology for responders.
- Peter Kueffer of VIC SES
Topic- To identify best practice on responder resistance and resilience.
ESF Scholarship Scheme 2008
The following 3 scholarships were awarded for 2008 by the Scholarship Committee.
- Ms. Vicky Kyris from Victoria Police.
Topic- The use of corporate anthropology to enhance the alignment of corporate support services with frontline operations.
- Mr. Jeff Green from CFA
Topic- Cardiovascular Fatality Prevention.
- Mr. Douglas Hocking from Victoria Police.
Topic-Emergency Planning Risk management in the University Environment.
These awardees were presented their ESF Scholarship Certificates at the Emergency Services Foundation annual luncheon at Raheen in 2009
Douglas Hocking and Vicky Kyris also presented their findings at our annual conference this year.
History of ESF Scholarship Winners
This document provides a list of previous scholarship winners, and
their topics dated back to 1988.
The names of previous scholarship recipients can be seen by clicking on the link below.
Scholarship Recipient Reports
Reports and research generated by previous scholarship
recipients sorted by year in PDF Format are available
here.
