https://www.ffm.vic.gov.au/media-releases/a-letter-from-the-chief-fire-officer
they cover the national / state parks and national / state forests
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Victoria will always have bushfires, but we want our communities to
know that when a bushfire starts, we are ready to respond with close
to 1,800 FFMVic personnel on the frontline this season.
They are part of DEECA's 3,000 personnel who perform a fire or
emergency role, which also include around 1,200 personnel who hold
accreditations in incident management roles.
Our firefighting equipment includes more than 500 ultralight tankers,
around 100 heavy tankers, as well as more than 300 additional plant
and trucks including dozers, tractors, graders, loaders, forklifts and
excavators.
Ground operations are also supported by Victoria's aerial fleet of 51
aircraft contracted for the 2023-24 summer season. The fleet includes
a mix of firebombing aircraft, air supervision and aerial information
gathering aircraft. It is supplemented by up to 100 aircraft that can
be called when needed.
We are also supported by a plant (heavy equipment) panel of around 400
contractors (including 19 harvest & haulage contractors) that we can
call on for fire suppression work using skilled personnel, dozers,
graders, excavators, harvesters and other machinery.
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from https://www.ffm.vic.gov.au/who-we-are/forest-fire-management-victoria
Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) is made up of skilled staff
from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA),
Parks Victoria, Melbourne Water and VicForests.
Each fire season, more than 1,000 frontline forest firefighters work
across Victoria. They include both permanent, full-time firefighters
and seasonal firefighters. They are supported by 2,000 staff from
across the sector who have a fire and emergency role in addition to
their usual work.
FFMVic works with Country Fire Authority (CFA), Fire Rescue Victoria
(FRV), other emergency services and communities across Victoria to
deliver the best local approaches to managing bushfire risk in
Victoria.
Our partners also include forest contractors, who have played a
valuable role in responding to bushfires during significant
emergencies including the 2019/20 bushfire season, and in recovery
works following bushfires, storms and floods.
While native timber harvesting will end by 1 January 2024, harvest and
haulage contractors remain contracted by VicForests until 30 June
2024. Over this time, these contractors will help to support DEECA's
forest and fire management works, which reduce the risk of bushfire,
and help maintain our unique environment and biodiversity with
programs such as pest and weed removal, and clearing dangerous trees
from roadsides. This works program will also make sure these
contractors are available for the 2023/24 bushfire season.
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firefighters who work for melbourne water have a seperate work
contract from other ffmV firefighters - per hiring booklet
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