CFA at a glance

CFA at a Glance provides up-to-date statistics on CFA’s volunteer and staff numbers, total brigades and appliances, and other core resources. This snapshot is updated quarterly to reflect the scale of CFA’s operations across Victoria.

CFA's Workforce and Resource Numbers

Resources

Mooroopna Brigade
Brigades Number
Volunteer Brigades 1,138
Co-located Volunteer Brigades 34
Coastguard Brigades 18
Forest Industry Brigades 19
Total Brigades 1,209
Appliances Number
Tankers 1,940
Pumpers 219
Pumper Tankers 44
Specialist Support 141
Boat 1
Total Appliances 2,345
CFA Firetruck

Workforce

Firefighters taking out a fire
Volunteers
  Male Female Total
Operational  24,350 4,706
 29,084
Support 14,288 7,692 22,004
Juniors 844 508 1,357
Total Volunteer Membership 39,482
 12,906 52,445
  Ongoing and Fixed Term Staff (FTE*)
  Actual
  Male  Female  Total
Ongoing 376 590 967
Fixed term 27 32 59
Total Staff 403 622 1026

*FTE - Full Time Equivalent

 

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