The Fire Awareness Awards recognise a wide variety of projects that help reduce the incidence and impact of fire in Victoria. Projects can focus on any fire type, including structure, bush or grass fires. Projects may address:
- Fire preparedness
- Fire prevention
- Fire safety
- Fire awareness
- Fire response
- Recovery after fire
Award categories
- Access and Inclusion
- Community Stream
- Community Learning and Knowledge
- Community Stream
- Community Prevention and Preparedness
- Community Stream
- Recovery
- Community Stream
- Innovation
- Community Stream
- Government and Industry Stream
- Government and Industry Diversity
- Government and Industry Stream
- Government and Industry Partnership
- Government and Industry Stream
The project judged to be most outstanding out of all entries will receive the RACV Award for Excellence.*
Award Streams
Community – this stream includes not-for-profit organisations, individuals, community groups, volunteer groups, school or tertiary institutions.^
Government and Industry – this stream includes commercial enterprise, business, fire services and state or local government.
Eligibility
Entries must meet the eligibility criteria specific to the award. Please read the Conditions of Entry prior to entering the 2017 Fire Awareness Awards.
Applications close 11.59pm Sunday 17 September 2017
*Fire Services and State Government are not eligible for entry into the RACV Award for Excellence.
^DELWP, CFA, MFB, EMV and PV employees and members are NOT eligible to enter community categories. Fire services, state and local government, industry and business should apply to one of the Government and Industry categories:
· Partnership
· Diversity
· Innovation
