Volunteer for the Firefighters Mutual Bank Girls Fire and Emergency Services Camp at Hawkesbury
About the camp
As a part of the 2022 program for Girls on Fire we are running Firefighters Mutual Bank Girls Fire and Emergency Services Camp a six-day camp at YMCA Camp Yarramundi, near Richmond NSW. Dates to be advised.
Volunteer Opportunities
We’re looking for Mentors and Activity Facilitators that help make Girls on Fire possible.
Mentors (8 positions)
Mentors support and manage small groups of participants (as “platoons”) throughout each event, and all work together throughout the week.
Mentors will spend most of their time with the participants (two mentors per platoon of six participants) and are primarily responsible for the individual and collective welfare needs of their platoon.
Mentors will be required to remain at the camp site for the entire length of the camp.
Activity Facilitators (3-8 Positions per agency)
Activity Facilitators teach particular skills related to the key functions your agency such as fighting fires, road crash rescue, storm assistance and community engagement.
Activity Facilitators will be required to attend at least one day (eight hours), and will work together with other facilitators to deliver learning activities through day sessions.
Learning sessions teach particular skills related to the key functions your agency such as urban firefighting, rural firefighting, storm and flood response, land management and community resilience.
Activity Facilitators will work with other agencies and adapt skills, techniques and processes to provide generalised instruction.
All accommodation, meals, induction training and camp costs will be covered.
Objectives
The Girls on Fire Experience intends to give girls and young women insight into and understanding of the fire and emergency services industry, and to ignite pathways as a volunteer or as a career in firefighting and the emergency services.
The Girls on Fire Experience intends to give girls and young women insight into and understanding of the fire and emergency services industry, and to ignite pathways as a volunteer or as a career in firefighting and the emergency services.
Mentors and Activity Facilitators model inclusive leadership and commit to working collaboratively to enable interoperability between agencies, and ensure safe team and working practices through camp rules, process and schedule.
Mentors and Activity Facilitators help build leadership capacity in their fellow volunteers, and educate and engage with the community about the role of fire and emergency services and their role in emergency management.
Application Process
Volunteers (Adult Agency Personnel)
To complete the application, you will need to provide the following information:
The agency you’re representing,
Your contact details,
Your best emergency contact’s details,
Your Working with Children Check (WWCC) Number, or application number if you do not have one (applications can be found here),
Medical information (such as allergies, medications and conditions),
Dietary information,
T-shirt size,
Your responses to two targeted questions:
The role of Mentor / Activity Facilitator requires you to deliver training to a diverse audience with different capabilities. Please provide an example, including the outcome, of when you have used varying learning techniques to accommodate a diverse group of learners?
What key attributes do you bring, that will be of significant benefit to all participants of the camp?
For further information please check out our website, or email us at info@girlsonfire.com.au.