The ACT Government plans to fill half of the places in the next ACT Fire & Rescue recruit college with female firefighters.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Joy Burch announced the plans last month, which will be a national first.
“ACT Fire & Rescue will call for applications to fill the places in their 2016 recruit college on 1 February 2016,” Minister Burch said.
“There will be 16 positions on offer in the recruitment round with hopes of filling eight of those with women, providing they meet the standards set for all applicants.
“ACT Fire & Rescue is specifically targeting women to join their service as part of the ACT Emergency Services Agency’s Women in Emergency Services Strategy, which aims to provide a pathway for our emergency services to better reflect the community we serve by increasing gender diversity.
“If you are an intelligent, fit, and community minded woman looking for a unique challenge, consider a career in firefighting.
“The recruitment process will be preceded by a marketing campaign targeted towards women over the next three-and-a-half months aimed at attracting applicants to apply in February next year. The campaign has been specially designed based on the feedback from extensive research involving people who have expressed an interest in applying to become a firefighter in the ACT over the past
twelve months.”
The ACT Government allocated $147,000 in the 2015–16 ACT Budget for ACT Fire & Rescue to conduct a new
recruit college.
