What is a community service?  A community service is … a group of people who helps people with different needs.

Who Helps Who? We can work out different community services by asking who helps who?

Who can help when…  Who could help you if your house was on fire? C.F.A

The role of the C.F.A  Not only does the C.F.A put out fires they also have other jobs.

What do fire fighters do?   “Learn special skills to operate fire equipment.   Control bushfires, grass fires, chemical fires, house and building fires.   Help cleanup chemical spills resulting from transport accidents.   Rescue people trapped in vehicles in road accidents.   Rescue people trapped in mines or trenches.   Work with the community to advise residents on fire safety procedures to carry out around their homes   Visit schools to teach children about fire safety; and   Are ready for duty 24 hours a day.” CFA website.

C.F.A Bushfire Clothing   lightweight yellow overalls   a protective helmet   goggles   protective leather gloves   cotton or woollen socks   sturdy leather or rubber boots firefighter.pdfhttp:// firefighter.pdf> CFA website. firefighter.pdf

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Volunteers  The C.F.A has help from lots of volunteers.  Without volunteers the C.F.A would not be able to provide the service they do.  Volunteers can be anyone in the community from a plumber to a business manager.  Volunteers form a very important part of our community.

Why is the C.F.A important?  The C.F.A plays an important role in our community.  They make sure fires are put out as quickly as possible.  They have rules in place that help protect our homes from fire dangers.  From talking to people in the C.F.A we found that…

How would we survive a fire without the C.F.A?  There are things that we can do to prevent fires including:  cleaning up the leaves from our gutters  Mowing grass  Keeping chemical containers (e.g. petrol) away from the house.  Bushfires would be very hard to put out if we didn’t have the C.F.A community service.

What we found interesting…  The C.F.A is focused on the country areas in Victoria. There is a different title for the city fire authority – M.F.A (Metropolitan Fire Authority).  We also found it interesting talking to different volunteers at the Farm & Road’s Expo. They told us….

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