Group Activities

Every Community Fireguard group focuses on its own special needs. Some activities and strategies of CFG groups may include:

Organising neighbourhood working bees to reduce the amount of fine fuel or to improve a nature reserve
Becoming familiar with each other’s properties and firefighting equipment in groups where a shared response is planned
Making plans with the more vulnerable people who may have special needs in regards to bushfire safety
Establishing a telephone tree to facilitate communication within the group
Working out new ways to share resources and information
Organising the bulk buying of personal protective clothing and equipment

Groups draw on the support of Community Fireguard facilitators whenever they need it.

Community Fireguard participants are not CFA volunteers

It is not the role of Community Fireguard groups to become volunteer groups for CFA. There is no expectation that Community Fireguard groups or individual participants will:

Take action to prevent or respond to fire on behalf of CFA
Engage in active fire fighting, beyond the protection of home and immediate surrounds
Advise or direct others about how to respond to the threat of fire
Take responsibility for the safety of others in the group or wider community
Guarantee to warn others of an impending threat of fire.