Bunbury Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service (VFRS) volunteers play a significant and vital role in helping to ensure their local communities are safe. As a brigade firefighter your duties may include:

• Respond to Structural fires.
• Respond Vehicle accidents.
• Respond to hazardous material incidents.
• Assist with asset protection during a bush fire.
• Respond to Bush fires.
• Work with the community to identify and manage local fire risk.
• Undertake local fire prevention activities with the community.
• Educate community in fire safety.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Attend emergency incidents when available.
• Attend regular training to enhance and maintain knowledge and skills.
• Work within a team.
• Maintain firefighting vehicles and equipment on a regular basis.
• Attend and assist at fundraising and other brigade functions.

Volunteering is an opportunity to become an integral part of our fun, hardworking team and offers many benefits.

• Ongoing training with experienced trainers.
• Support, guidance and mentoring from experienced brigade members.
• Access to DFES wellness branch (critical incident follow-up, Peer Support Officers, Counselling, and Champlain Services).
• Learning new skills.
• Meeting new people and enjoying the company of like-minded team members.
• Applying your skills in a challenging environment.
• Contributing to the safety of your local community.
• Opportunity to be deployed within the state and further abroad.