News 
The VFBV State Council and Executive will meet at Fiskville on Saturday/Sunday, 12 and 13 April.
Issues to be discussed include;
- A District 16 motion that VFBV approach CFA to have the maintenance level of Field Command Vehicles changed from current level 3 to level 1
- A District 16 motion that VFBV approach CFA and relevant government agencies to develop a Grain Harvesting Code of Practice similar to that used in SA
- An issue raised by Beaufort Group calling for improved procedures for the recognition of interstate volunteers’ training records
- District 20’s concerns about the performance of the new pagers and the way they were distributed to Brigades
- Concerns from Brigades in District 20 about the need to continue the SMS alerting service alongside the pager system
- Concerns from District 22 about pagers and radios
