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Nine members from Shire of Harvey’s Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades participated in the South West Regional AIIMS 2017 training.
Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) South West Regional AIIMS 2017 training was held on Saturday, 7 August and Sunday, 8 August at the Binningup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade’s new station for some enthusiastic volunteers.
Nine members from Shire of Harvey’s Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades participated in the training. The course was presented by the Shire’s Community Emergency Services Manager Jason Maddern and DFES District Officer Brett Finlay.
AIIMS 2017 is the national incident management doctrine for fire and emergency services and is the minimum training standard for the Shire’s Bush Fire Brigade Officers in certain leadership roles.