Wednesday, 3 May 2023

 Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (09:44): Last week I had the opportunity to join my fellow colleague Ms Payne and other pivotal members of the Victorian community in the FRV Fire Ops 101 training. We were all buddied up with a qualified firefighter, dressed and kitted up with the essential personal protective clothing and equipment and sent out into the facility to undergo the same training scenarios that our firefighting cadets need to pass to become qualified firefighters. It was a physically challenging 5 hours but was entirely worth the experience to better appreciate the workload that our FRV members face on a daily basis. I would like to encourage all of my colleagues here in the chamber to consider partaking in the FRV Fire Ops 101 training day and be exposed to the tasks our emergency services perform to keep us safe every day.