By Luke Voogt
Corio Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to triple its numbers and ensure its long-term survival following structural changes.
“We’re recruiting to guarantee our future,” said firefighter and life-long Corio resident Jordan Grossman.
“We’ve got 11 active operational members and are looking to increase that by at least 20 in this recruitment drive.”
The brigade’s career firefighters have switched from CFA to Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) under recent state-wide changes.
While the career firefighters still attend the same callouts, they no longer count towards Corio CFA’s service delivery requirements, Mr Grossman said.
If, hypothetically, the brigade was to close due to not meeting its service delivery requirements, Corio would lose valuable support for the career firefighters, he explained.
“That surge capacity that we offer for when things go real bad – like bushfires, grass fires and factory fires – will be gone.”
The brigade will hold an information night at its Norlane headquarters at 7.30pm on June 17, dependent on the COVID situation.
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