{"id":14488,"date":"2012-10-26T13:02:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T03:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:38:34","slug":"rural-firies-meet-with-review-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/10\/26\/rural-firies-meet-with-review-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Firies Meet With Review Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 26, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Martin Stern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from a number of South Burnett Rural Fire Service brigades attended a meeting in Maryborough last night as part of a special Ministerial review into the RFS.<\/p>\n<p>Local brigades represented included Durong, Maidenwell, Taromeo, South Nanango, Coverty, Glencoe, McEuen, Wattle Camp, Tablelands and Mondure.<\/p>\n<p>There were about 200 Rural Fire Service volunteers at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Police and Community Safety Minister Jack Dempsey said the meetings, which are being held in a number of centres around Queensland, would give volunteers the opportunity to provide input into the future structure, function, leadership and funding of the RFS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur volunteers will no doubt have extremely valuable information which will help us deliver a world class Rural Fire Service while providing greater efficiency, less red tape and more autonomy to volunteers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Ted Malone, the Member for Mirani, heads and chairs the review committee panel which consists of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neil Gallant, Assistant Commissioner Rural Operations, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bryan Cifuentes, Area Director Rural Operations, Cairns Peninsula District, QFRS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Houley, Biodiversity Manager with Reef Catchments and former member of Rural Operations with QFRS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Garrahy, President of the Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Troy Davies, Department of Community Safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The meeting was a forum where each member had the opportunity to comment and or make suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>There were a number of topics covered including simplification of the current fire permit system, simplification of police checks for new members, more on-the-ground practical training, more support with government subsidies on essential equipment and the recruitment of new members.<\/p>\n<p>It was also made very clear that the vast majority of members wanted regional offices to remain.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Malone said no regional offices in Queensland would close.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the evening was a great success and members seemed pleased the State Government would take their suggestions on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers from a number of South Burnett Rural Fire Service brigades attended a meeting in Maryborough last night as part of a special Ministerial review into the RFS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":10768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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