The Wyndham Vale Fire Brigade is looking to recruit new volunteer firefighters, with about eight to 10 volunteers needed.
Sonia Owen has been a volunteer firefighter at Wyndham Vale for nine years. She said that the job is both rewarding and challenging.
“You learn a lot of new skills from the training and it is nice to be able to help and offer assistance to people during what are potentially some of the worst moments of their lives,” she said.
Ms Owen said she signed up as a volunteer firefighter to give back to the community and become part of a team.
She said she gets a lot of enjoyment out of being a volunteer firefighter due to consistently learning different skills.
“There are always new things to be learnt and improve at,” she said.
“Right now, I am doing a course on leadership.”
The brigade will host an information night on Thursday, June 26, from 7.30pm at the station at 475 Ballan Road, Wyndham Vale.
Anyone who is interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter is asked to register their interest via the ‘volunteers and careers’ page on the Country Fire Authority’s website, or by following the link on the Wyndham Vale Fire Brigade’s Facebook page.
Details: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/volunteers-careers/volunteer-with-cfa
