{"id":54,"date":"2018-11-05T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2019-03-19T10:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:09:53","slug":"other-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/other-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-118 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"RFSA Scholarship winners\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners.jpg 2953w, https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rfsa-scholarship-winners-1568x1043.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scholarships<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the key support programs offered by the NSW Rural Fire Service Association(RFSA) is its annual Professional Development Scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The purpose of these scholarships is to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enhance the professional and personal development of Members;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Improve career development and;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Promote a high level of professional service to the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Registered Members are invited to apply for the annual scholarships with funding granted to assist with their ability to undertake tertiary studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Applications are open to both NSW RFS volunteers and staff and successful applicants must enrol in the selected course within 18 months of notification of the scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are two scholarship categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>President\u2019s Scholarship<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; awarded to either (or both) volunteer and staff members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Chris Lord Memorial Scholarship\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0awarded to the most suitable volunteer applicant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Support and Counselling<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The welfare of emergency service personnel has long been recognised as being essential to the maintenance of efficient and effective emergency services agencies. Counselling and support services available to volunteers and their immediate family members are the Critical Incident and Support Services (CISS) and the Member Assistance Program (MAP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When Critical Incident Support Services are required, the CISS Team may be activated at any time during the day or night through the CISS Duty Officer contacted via RFS State Operations, telephone:\u00a01800 049 933 (available\u00a024 hours). All information is treated in strict confidentiality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>General Enquiries or Education Requests<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For general information or to arrange education sessions, contact Paul Scott, CISS Manager at NSW RFS during business hours, telephone: 02\u00a08741 5223.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rfsa.org.au\/content\/upload\/files\/support_counselling\/chaplaincy_family_support.pdf\">Chaplaincy and Family Support brochure\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Association Policies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/other-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RFSA Grant Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/other-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professional Developments Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/other-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code Of Conduct<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/other-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sponsorships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsrfsa.wordpress.com\/other-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RFSA Advocacy Support<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarships One of the key support programs offered by the NSW Rural Fire Service Association(RFSA) is its annual Professional Development Scholarships. The purpose of these scholarships is to: Enhance the professional and personal development of Members; \u00a0 Improve career development and; \u00a0 Promote a high level of professional service to the community. Registered Members are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/other-information\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Other Information&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemountains.rfsa.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}