Help yourself, your neighbour, your community!
*Be Prepared this Summer*

Once a year West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade run a Community Fire Unit Course for New Members.

A Community Fire Unit (CFU) member works with their neighbours in the vicinity of their own properties.

The CFU course is designed to help you understand and use equipment and processes in a coordinated fashion to reduce the risk posed by bushfires.

CFU members are not deployed to fight fires in other locations.

YOU WILL LEARN

• about property preparation 
• your local resources 
• bush fire behaviour. 

This will help you make decisions about staying or leaving in the event of a bushfire as well as provide you with the knowledge and equipment to extinguish spot fires and ember attacks.

CFU cabinets are now installed in McCarrs Creek, the Elvina Track, Lovett Bay (Sturdee Ln), Rocky Point and Morning Bay, and Lovett Bay Boatshed.

Our CFU member base has grown to 58 and we are close to our goal of having someone in every other house with some level of formal fire control training. Ask a neighbour what they thought of the course if you are unsure.

CFU COMMITMENT

As a CFU member your commitment is limited to:

• 1 day for the course
• 3 training sessions a year

Once your application (attached) is approved you will be supplied with a blue CFU uniform in fire retardant material, boots, gloves, goggles and a helmet.

FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION TODAY

To confirm your spot you will need to join then West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade as a CFU member. The Joining process is the same as joining the RFS.

Please complete the online application process HERE.  

Please apply promptly as we only hold one training course for new CFU members each year and spots are limited.

Regards

West Pittwater Training Officer