Victorian Numbered Regulations

COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 2014 (SR NO 165 OF 2014) - REG 5

In these Regulations—

"appliance" means a firefighting or emergency response vehicle operated by a member or operational employee;

AS 1019 means Australian Standard AS 1019—2000, Internal combustion engines—Spark emission control devices, as in force from time to time;

AS 1687 means Australian Standard AS 1687—1991, Knapsack spray pumps for firefighting, as in force from time to time;

AS/NZS 1841.1 means Australian Standard and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1841.1:2007, Portable fire extinguishers, Part 1: General requirements, as in force from time to time;

"brigade area" means the area of operation designated for a brigade by the Chief Officer under section 27 of the Act;

"Commission" means the Country Fire Authority Appeals Commission established under section 74A of the Act;

"Computer Aided Dispatch system "means the Computer Aided Dispatch system operated by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority established under the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004 ;

"employee" means a person appointed under section 17 of the Act;

"financial statements" means the accounting records referred to in regulation 60;

forestry industry brigade means an industry brigade in the forestry industry;

group of brigades or group , in relation to brigades, means a group of brigades formed under section 23A of the Act;

hazardous material incident means a hazardous material incident or a toxic fire incident the whole or part of which is not a fire;

"member" or member of a brigade , except in Part 6, means a person who is enrolled by the Authority as a volunteer officer or volunteer member of a brigade;

mobile fire-fighting unit means a vehicle suitably equipped for enabling an industry brigade to respond to and fight a fire;

"operational employee" means an employee of the Authority who is an operational staff member within the meaning of the Emergency Services Superannuation Act 1986 ;

"plantation holdings" means land which is used primarily for tree farming or other commercial forestry purposes;

"relevant owner", in relation to a forestry industry brigade, has the same meaning as in section 23AA of the Act;

"the Act" means the Country Fire Authority Act 1958 .