Displaying items by tag: ConferenceEmergency Management and Disaster Resilience day
Wednesday 28 September 2016 - This Emergency Management and Disaster Resilience day is part of the Australasian Simulation Congress (ASC) at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
This is an opportunity for those who use and develop simulation activities for emergency management to get together and exchange ideas.
Subjects for discussion will include high tech simulation, live exercising, map exercises, community planning workshops etc.
Download the information flyer here
Discount registration for volunteers has been organised through AFAC, and is $310 per person instead of the regular price of $530 – contact Benjamin Smith This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Todd Mason This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This covers attendance at the panels and paper sessions, lunch and tea, and access to the exhibition space.
Separately, the conference also offers a master class on Monday, 26 September, covering fire safety and evacuation. See www.simulationcongress.com for more details on the master class.
Auxiliary and Support Group Conference cancelled
The VFBV Auxiliary & Support Group Conference, originally scheduled for 8 August, has now been cancelled.
If you have any enquiries, call VFBV on (03) 9886 1141.
9th State Auxiliary & Support Group Conference
Representatives of all Brigade Auxiliaries and Support Groups to are invited to attend the 9th State Conference at Tabcorp Park, 2 Ferris Road, Melton South on Saturday, 8 August 2015.
The Conference starts at 10 am (Tea and coffee will be available from 9 am).
Whilst the Conference Agenda has not been finalised, the following presentations are proposed:
- Ms Claire Higgins, CFA Chair
- Ms Christine Nixon
- Ms Kate Harrap, Acting Executive Director, Operational Training & Volunteerism
- Ms Toni van Hamond, Assistant Director, National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Open Forum
A flyer and RSVP form have been sent to Auxiliaries and Support Groups – for more information, or to have your Auxiliary or Group added to the mailing list, please contact Jenni Laing at the VFBV office on 03 9886 1141 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
