Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision
To work together with communities to keep Victorians safe from fire and other emergencies.
Our Mission
To protect lives and property
Our focus is on supporting our people at the front line and those who are delivering our services to the community
Our Values
Discretion: open, honest, sincere behaviour which does not cause intentional offence to others and which values their concerns;
Commitment: personal commitment to organisational values, people and purposes;
Agility: the ability to adapt to change;
Attentiveness: understanding what you see and wisdom in determining the appropriate response to what you see;
Compassion: demonstrated concern for the dignity and welfare of others;
Clarity: clarity of expression and action which creates understanding;
Courage: the courage to uphold and be seen to uphold organisational values;
Determination: demonstrated moral or physical courage including the tenacity to try until you succeed
Creating Our Future Together
At CFA, we are currently making a number of improvements across the organisation in order to achieve our vision and mission, and to meet our challenges into the future.
‘Creating Our Future Together’ is the overarching program guiding this organisational change.
Our key areas of focus under this program are in three areas:
- Prevention and preparedness
- Response and recovery
- Building a modern and sustainable organisation
A key part in the achieving this is to build an organisation that:
- Respects and values its volunteers, career members and stakeholders and is structured in a way that enhances our capability and sustainability
- Has an increased focus on volunteers
- Has an enhanced focus on the community and its ability to prepare for and respond to risks
- Increases its focus on leadership and building our preferred culture
- Is more cohesive and coordinated across all work areas
- Increases research and forecasting to increase our knowledge base of community behaviour and fire risk
- Has clearer work accountabilities
- Has streamlined work processes with less duplication
This change process is both a challenging and exciting one. We encourage all our members to keep informed of the process via CFA Connect and Brigades Online.
Blog posts
Read the latest blog entries from Mick Bourke (CEO) and Euan Ferguson (Chief Officer)
