Joining CFA

Much more than a great fire service

CFA is one of the world's largest volunteer emergency service and community safety organisations. CFA is based on community involvement and gains its strength from the commitment of its volunteers and staff.

A Snapshot of CFA Volunteers

There are over 58,000 CFA volunteers from many walks of life including the self employed, mothers at home, students, shift workers, retirees, people looking for work and professionals.

35,263 trained volunteer firefighters
23,020 involved in non firefighting roles

Of this... Firefighter fighting bushfire

4,400 are female fire fighters & incident management roles
6,700 are women in a range of non operational roles
3,400 are junior volunteers (11-15 years)
5,600 are young adults (18-25 years)

97.5% of the people involved in the CFA organisation are volunteers. Supported by over 1400 paid staff, including over 500 career firefighters, providing emergency response and community safety programs throughout Victoria.

CFA covers all regional and country areas and metropolitan Melbourne's rapidly growing outer urban areas.

CFA does a lot more than fight fires, it's involved with:

Rescues, including road rescue and hazardous materials incidents
Education programs including Brigades In Schools and Early Fire Safe
Community safety programs such as Community meetings and community Fireguard
Community building and Community support programs

For the latest information on current opportunities available in CFA please see positions vacant.

Find out more about joining us as a Volunteer or Career Firefighter