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Country Fire Authority, or CFA, is the fire service that provides firefighting and other emergency services to all of the country areas and regional townships within the state of Victoria, Australia, as well as large portions of the outer suburban areas and growth corridors of Melbourne not covered by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. In the event of an emergency in Australia, emergency services including the CFA can be called by dialling Australia's primary emergency service number, Triple Zero 000 or the secondary emergency service number of 112 which can only be dialled on a digital mobile phone. CFA, as it is commonly known, draws the majority of its officers and members from the local community on a volunteer basis. The CFA employs professional career firefighters to support volunteer fire fighters in areas which are more heavily urbanized or more densely populated. These stations are manned on a full-time basis. The CFA works closely with the other emergency services within Victoria namely being the State Emergency Service, Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade working together with unique skill sets and resources for the betterment and safety of all Victorians. The current Chief Executive Officer of CFA's board is Lucinda Nolan, and the operational Chief Officer of CFA is Joe Buffone. The CFA falls under the portfolio of the Minister Emergency Services, Jane Garrett. ==History== Victoria has long been served by volunteer fire brigades, the first of which were established in the 1850s. The CFA was established in 1945 recognising a need to support and sustain existing volunteer fire brigades.〔(- CFA Volunteerism Strategy 2015 - 2020 ) ''(accessed 1 Oct 2015)''〕 CFA operates under the Country Fire Authority Act of 1958, its amendments and Regulations. This legislation was brought about by significant bushfires during the period 1939-1944 which killed 114 people and destroyed nearly 1400 homes while also damaging large areas of the state and destroying significant amounts of stock. Subsequent investigations showed the lack of a cohesive firefighting agency outside the central metropolitan area and CFA was born on 2 April 1945. Many of its brigades however were established in the 19th century or early in the 20th century.〔(History - Country Fire Authority website ) ''(accessed 30 September 2015)''〕 CFA is one of the world's largest volunteer based firefighting organisations. It services more than 150,000 square kilometres and 3.3 million people, and currently has approximately 35,000 operational volunteers (20,000 support) with over 600 career firefighters and about 1,100 career support staff.〔(About CFA - Country Fire Authority website ) ''(accessed 20 September 2015)''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Country Fire Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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