Emergency Volunteer Support Scheme - Approved projects 2018-19
Total funding $723,200
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia Ltd
Improving Retention of Emergency Management Volunteers through Recognition
Development and distribution of a monthly e-newsletter, the collection and sharing of volunteer stories, the development of a practical recognition manual that will be workshopped with volunteers and key staff, and the hosting of a volunteer recognition function in National Volunteering Week 2019.
Australian Red Cross
Operational Rediness
Purchase of IT equipment and training of regional volunteers in use of Register Find Reunite; and a two day workshop to exercise the integration of the newly created Field Operations Liaison (FOL) role.
Fire & Rescue NSW
Protect Your Home from Bush Fires - Community Fire Units
Print the current recruitment/information brochure in 5 other languages for Community Fire Units (CFU).
Nambucca District Rescue Association Inc
Dummy Run
Purchase suitable adult and child training dummies for the Nambucca District Rescue Association.
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association Inc
NSW VRA Technology Support
Purchase of training IT equipment to support Volunteer Rescue Association trainers.
NSW Rural Fire Service
Multiple (See table of projects below)
36 projects across NSW targeting the recruitment, retention and training of NSW Rural Fire Service volunteers.
NSW State Emergency Service
Multiple (See table of projects below)
10 projects across NSW targeting the recruitment, retention and training of NSW State Emergency Service volunteers.
Marine Rescue NSW
Multiple (See table of projects below)
9 projects across NSW targeting the recruitment, retention and training of NSW State Emergency Service volunteers.
St John Ambulance Australia NSW
Major Incident Medical Management Support (MIMMS) Training and Equipment
Train St John (NSW) Volunteers in Major Incident Medical Management Support (MIMMS), which will provide a systematic approach to disaster medical management during a major incident.
St John Ambulance Australia NSW
Conflict Management Training Project
Provide St John NSW Volunteers with the skills to prevent potentially violent situations from escalating.
St John Ambulance Australia NSW
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training Project
Enhance the personal and organisational resilience of volunteers, while building capacity to engage community members in a mental health crisis.
St John Ambulance Australia NSW
Volunteer Recruitment Project
Support the recruitment of new volunteers to St John Ambulance NSW (St John NSW).
The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (NSW) On Behalf Of The Synod Of NSW And The Act
Training Equipment and Promotional Material for the Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy Network (DRCN)
Purchase equipment for training of DRCN volunteers and promotional material (caps, shirts, handouts and publicity material) for promotion and retaining of volunteers.
Marine Rescue NSW Unit Recommended Projects
Total $100,319
Unit Name
|
State Electorate
|
Project Description
|
Recommended Funding
|
Alpine lakes
| Monaro
| Equipment
| $2,173
|
Broken bay
| Pittwater
| Equipment
| $5,505
|
Cottage Point
| Pittwater
| Equipment
| $5,200
|
Evans Head
| Clarence
| Equipment
| $1,248
|
MRNSW Head Office
| Statewide
| Certificate IV in training and assessment for MRNSW volunteers
| $60,582
|
MRNSW Head Office
| Statewide
| Recruitment campaign
| $11,000
|
Point Danger
| Tweed
| Equipment
| $2,692
|
Terrey Hills
| Davidson, Pittwater
| Equipment
| $4,755
|
Tuggerah Lakes
| Wyong, The Entrance
| Recruitment & equipment
| $7,164
|
NSW RFS Unit Recommended Projects
Total $162,297
Unit Name
|
State Electorate
|
Project Type
|
Recommended Funding
|
Berkeley Vale
| The Entrance, Wyong
| Recruitment, retention and training
| $6,840
|
Berowra
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $2,084
|
Booral
| Upper Hunter
| Equipment
| $250
|
Cameron Park
| Cessnock
| Recruitment
| $2,901
|
Coal & Candle
| Davidson, Pittwater
| Equipment
| $9,007
|
Coopernook
| Port Macquarie
| Equipment
| $1,173
|
Cowan
| Hornsby
| Training
| $2,854
|
Cudgegong
| Bathurst, Dubbo
| Equipment
| $9,727
|
Dangar Island
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $1,690
|
Diamond Beach
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $4,428
|
Eden
| Bega
| Equipment
| $1,699
|
Empire Bay
| Terrigal
| Equipment
| $1,302
|
Gangat
| Upper Hunter
| Recruitment, retention and training
| $200
|
Green Point
| Myall Lakes, Terrigal
| Retention
| $1,176
|
Gwandalan-Summerland Point
| Swansea
| Equipment
| $1,096
|
Hartley
| Bathurst
| Equipment
| $2,500
|
Hollisdale
| Oxley
| Equipment
| $100
|
Hornsby
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $6,416
|
Johns River
| Port Macquarie
| Recruitment
| $1,052
|
Kariong
| Gosford
| Equipment
| $6,000
|
Lidster
| Orange
| Equipment
| $2,833
|
Mathoura
| Murray
| Recruitment
| $1,025
|
North West Zone
| Barwon
| Fire training simulator
| $19,578
|
Pembrooke
| Oxley, Port Macquarie
| Equipment
| $2,000
|
Pindimar/Tea Gardens
| Port Stephens
| Training and recruitment
| $3,935
|
Riverina Highland Fire Control Centre
| Wagga Wagga
| Fire training simulator
| $41,013
|
Shoalhaven Heads
| Kiama
| Equipment
| $1,334
|
Spencer
| Gosford
| Equipment
| $2,274
|
St Georges Basin
| South Coast
| Equipment
| $2,013
|
Telegraph Point
| Port Macquarie
| Training
| $1,468
|
Tumblong
| Cootamundra
| Equipment
| $4,000
|
Wamberal
| Terrigal
| Recruitment and retention
| $4,974
|
Westleigh
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $3,433
|
Westleigh
| Hornsby
| Equipment
| $5,209
|
Wollomombi
| Northern Tablelands
| Equipment
| $1,417
|
Yass Valley
| Goulburn
| Equipment
| $3,298
|
NSW SES Unit Recommended Projects
Total $159,495
Unit Name
|
State Electorate
|
Project Description
| Recommended Funding
|
Auburn
| Auburn
| Recruitment
| $7,000
|
Blue Mountains
| Blue Mountains
| Equipment
| $2,620
|
Lismore City
| Lismore
| Equipment
| $2,600
|
Liverpool
| Liverpool, Holsworthy
| Recruitment and equipment
| $4,837
|
Murwillumbah
| Lismore
| Recruitment and retention
| $2,585
|
Namoi North West Region
| Northern Tablelands
| Investigating and piloting flexible recruitment options for staff and students at the University of New England
| $94,758
|
NSW SES Headquarters
| Statewide
| Recruitment campaign
| $34,620
|
Wingham
| Myall Lakes
| Equipment
| $3,716
|
Wollongong
| Wollongong
| Training
| $5,672
|
Wollongong City
| Wollongong
| Equipment
| $1,087
|