Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Country Fire Authority Act 1958 - SECT 23

General powers of Authority with respect to brigades, apparatus etc.

23. General powers of Authority with respect to brigades, apparatus etc.



(1) The Authority may at any time and from time to time-

   (a)  take measures to facilitate the formation of permanent or volunteer
        urban fire brigades volunteer rural fire brigades and groups of
        brigades;

   (b)  subject to subsection (2), upon application made in the prescribed
        manner and form register a brigade in respect of any urban or rural
        district and enrol the officers and members thereof;

   (c)  cause to be kept a book or other written record containing the names
        ages occupations and places of abode of all members of brigades;

   (d)  amalgamate any urban brigades or any rural brigades or disband or
        cancel the registration of any brigade or the enrolment of any officer
        or member of any brigade;

   (e)  furnish any apparatus and other property acquired by or vested in the
        Authority to any brigade or group of brigades;

   (f)  determine the apparatus and other property of the Authority to be
        available for use by each brigade or group of brigades;





   (g)  establish schools and facilities or courses of instruction to provide
        training to any person in the skills required to perform any of the
        functions of the Authority and permit the use of those schools and
        facilities by any other body or person;

   (h)  establish and maintain or contract for the establishment and
        maintenance of fire alarms and other apparatus for the prevention or
        suppression of fires and, without affecting the generality of the
        foregoing, contract with the owner of any land building or premises
        for the maintenance by the Authority of fire alarms and other
        apparatus as aforesaid on such land building or premises;

        (i)    establish and maintain or contract for the establishment and
               maintenance of telephonic telegraphic radio or other
               communication between the several stations at which members of
               brigades are placed and between any such stations and any other
               places;

   (j)  contract for the carrying out of aerial reconnaissance of the country
        area of Victoria or any part or parts thereof for the detection of
        fires;

   (k)  organize and conduct fire brigade competitions, defray the cost of
        transport of members of brigades thereto and therefrom, and provide
        prizes and certificates for presentation to brigades and competitors
        thereat; and

   (l)  publish or disseminate or contract for the publication or
        dissemination of printed matter broadcast matter and general
        information in the interest of fire prevention and fire suppression.

(2) The Authority shall register one brigade only in respect of each urban
district and may register such number of brigades as it thinks fit in respect
of each rural district.