Emergency
Service Volunteering
Australian
Emergency Services Volunteers Network Web Site
The AESVN web site contains
some good information and resources (including web
hosting) to Emergency Service volunteer units. The
site also contains links to Emergency Service e-mail
groups and a variety of links to other web resources
Sustaining
volunteerism in the Emergency Services
This
is a paper prepared by the Australasian Fire Authorities
Council and presented at the National Summit on volunteers
in Emergency Services in October 2001 (pdf)
Value
your volunteers – or lose them!
A report from Emergency Management
Australia’s volunteer summit held in 2001
Volunteer
Ambulance – ‘More than a band-aid’
project
The more than a band-aid project
was conducted in 2000 / 2001 and has developed important
strategies that will improve recruitment, retention,
training and support to Volunteer Ambulance Officers
Volunteer
Ambulance – Stand Up and Be Counted Project
The Stand Up and Be Counted
Project was undertaken by the University Department
of Rural Health, Tasmania, in collaboration with members
of the Convention of Ambulance Authorities from Australian
and New Zealand ambulance services, using Volunteer
Ambulance Officers.
Volunteers
in the 2000's - volunteer liability in the emergency
services
This
paper, written by Catherine Dunlop, offers a great
outline of the potential risks and protections that
exist for volunteers working in the Australian Emergency
services
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