Agencies reported that 27 actions were completed and of the remaining 14 actions:
• 7 are in progress - on track
• 6 are in progress - minor delays
• 1 is in progress - significant delays.
Government implementation status definitions
| Status | DJCS progress assessment definitions |
| Completed | Action is finished and formally acquitted through completion and signing of the acquittal form. |
| In progress - On track | Action is on track to be completed by the ‘completion date’ as per the Year 2-5 Implementation Plan. |
| In progress - Minor delays | Action is experiencing minor delays that may impact delivery by the ‘completion date’ as per the Year 2-5 Implementation Plan. |
| In progress - Significant delays | Action is experiencing significant delays and it is highly unlikely that the ‘completion date’ as per the Year 2-5 Implementation Plan will be met. |
Status of Year Two to Five Implementation Plan actions as at 30 June 2024
Priority one: Strengthen CFA as a volunteer firefighting agency
| Ref | Lead agency and action description | Agency reported status | Completion date |
| 1.1 | CFA – Develop CFA’s Engagement Framework. | Completed | June 2025 |
| 1.2 | CFA – Complete delivery of the Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Program. | Completed | June 2025 |
| 1.3 | CFA – Deliver the Volunteer Support Package. | In progress – minor delays | March 2025 |
| 1.4 | CFA – Develop new Crew and Strike Team Leader training courses. | In progress – on track | December 2024 |
| 1.5 | CFA – Complete delivery of the connected brigades project (part of $3.6 million program to enhance critical volunteer facing ICT systems). | Completed | June 2023 |
| 1.6 | CFA – Review and update training as part of the develop Enhancing Training Capacity for New Volunteers. | In progress – minor delays | June 2025 |
| 1.7 | CFA – Review CFA’s operating model and develop a roadmap to create a more contemporary and sustainable organisation. | Completed | June 2025 |
Priority two: Strengthen FRV as a career firefighting agency
| Ref | Lead agency and action description | Agency reported status | Completion date |
| 2.1 | FRV – Commence Phase Two of the operational communications rollout, including upgrades to station turn out equipment in FRV stations. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 2.2 | FRV – Explore the operational and service delivery benefits of accreditation for FRV within the Victorian emergency management response model and provide options to government on the accreditation process. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 2.3 | FRV – Develop and implement a contemporary Health Model, which establishes state-wide comprehensive organisational health standards, policies and support mechanisms that are designed to proactively manage and mitigate health risks whilst improving the effectiveness and quality of care provided to our firefighters and corporate staff. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 2.4 | FRV – Merge required legacy enterprise agreements and commence negotiations on new agreements. | Completed | November 2024 |
Priority three: Plan and build for the future
| Ref | Lead agency and action description | Agency reported status | Completion date |
| 3.1 | FRV – Ensure FRV’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is consistent across all stations to support service delivery. | Completed | June 2025 |
| 3.2 | CFA – Deliver the fire station and firefighting fleet replacement program. | In progress – significant delays | June 2025 |
| 3.3 | CFA – Finalise the transfer of property, assets, liabilities, rights and obligations from CFA to FRV. | In progress – minor delays | December 2024 |
| 3.4 | FRV – FRV, in consultation with CFA, identify capital works required across designated stations at the time of the reform and develop a framework (Tenancy Agreement) to support delivery of agreed projects. | Completed | June 2025 |
| 3.5 | CFA – CFA to complete delivery of agreed capital works projects on behalf of FRV. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 3.6 | FRV – Rollout of the FRV Personal Protective Clothing (PPC) ensembles as part of the PPC project. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 3.7 | CFA and FRV – Agencies mature existing joint governance arrangements that support the implementation of the program and ongoing development of interoperability procedures and arrangements. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 3.8 | CFA and FRV – CFA, in collaboration with FRV, to develop protocols to ensure all FRV seconded training staff satisfy CFA’s Registered Training Organisation (RTO) obligations and requirements. | In progress – on track | June 2025 |
| 3.9 | CFA and FRV – Where practical and appropriate, finalise harmonisation of procedures, including service level procedures between CFA and FRV and any related party to ensure the agreements support effective operations. | In progress – on track | June 2025 |
| 3.10 | CFA – Where practical and appropriate, finalise any delegation authorisations between CFA and FRV to support the operationalisation of the Service Level Deeds of Agreement (SLDA) and schedules. | Completed | June 2023 |
| 3.11 | CFA – CFA to ensure internal policies and procedures support the arrangements outlined in the SLDA and schedules. | Completed | June 2024 |
| 3.12 | CFA and FRV – Develop agreements for corporate support functions between CFA and FRV that enable service delivery. | In progress – minor delays | June 2025 |
Priority four: Valuing our people
| Ref | Lead agency and action description | Agency reported status | Completion date |
| 4.1 | DJCS – Appoint the Firefighters Registration Board (FRB). | Completed | August 2023 |
| 4.2 | FRB – The Firefighters Registration Board establishes criteria and processes to support registration of suitably qualified secondees from FRV to CFA. | In progress - on track | December 2024 |
| 4.3 | CFA – Complete delivery of the volunteer’s health and safety initiatives program; specifically, the wildfire respiratory protection trial, the firefighter safety compliance initiatives and the wildfire PPC project. | In progress – minor delays | June 2025 |
| 4.4 | FRV – Define FRV values and culture and deliver supporting programs of work:
| Completed | June 2023 |
| 4.5 | CFA – Define a program of work to strengthen CFA’s organisational culture, diversity and inclusion. | Completed | June 2025 |
| 4.6 | FRV – Develop the following documents to support inclusion and diversity across FRV:
| In progress - on track | September 2024 |
| 4.7 | CFA – Develop a scope for leadership roles that reflect contemporary brigade and group models. | Completed | February 2025 |
| 4.8 | CFA and FRV – Identify new opportunities to recognise and value the contribution made by both volunteer and career firefighters to delivering fire services (e.g. communications and collaboration). | Completed | June 2023 |
| 4.9 | FRV – Develop a recruitment strategy and campaign to support increased gender diversity across all firefighting ranks. Review the recruitment process, training and promotional pathways to ensure they support the retention of a gender diverse workforce. | In progress - on track | December 2025 |
| 4.10 | CFA – Support diversity and inclusion in CFA and make progress towards delivering on the commitment to increasing the number of women in brigade leadership roles to 15 per cent. | Completed | June 2025 |
Priority five: Ensure the future sustainability of fire services
| Ref | Lead agency and action description | Agency reported status | Completion date |
| 5.1 | CFA and FRV – Capability and capacity requirements of the seconded workforce to deliver an effective CFA are clearly articulated by CFA, and FRV establishes a roadmap to deliver on these requirements in alignment with the legislative obligations of both organisations. | In progress – minor delays | June 2025 |
| 5.2 | DJCS – DJCS, with input from CFA and FRV, undertake a review of current state service delivery capability and capacity requirements in CFA and FRV and key issues and risks. | In progress - on track | November 2024 |
| 5.3 | FRV – Develop an FRV Strategy. | Completed | September 2022 |
| 5.4 | FRV – Develop a Strategic Workforce Plan for operations with a strong focus on regional and remote delivery of services. | Completed | March 2023 |
| 5.5 | DJCS – Conduct an initial financial sustainability assessment of FRV and CFA. | Completed | December 2021 |
| 5.6 | DJCS – Develop an initial funding plan that addresses high priority funding requirements for CFA and FRV in years three and four of the Fire Services Reform and addresses the impact of:
| Completed | December 2021 |
| 5.7 | DJCS – Capture the operational costs incurred to deliver fire services in Victoria based on three years of financial reporting. | Completed | December 2024 |
| 5.8 | DJCS – CFA and FRV to ensure internal budgets consider the funding estimates over the forward years provided by the Victorian Government. | Completed | June 2025 |
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