Peter Schmidt, Afsm Email & Phone Number

Dandenong

Responsible to manage provision of fire and emergency management in the Southern Metro Region of CFA, including municipalities of City of Greater Danadenong, Part of Kingston, City of Frankston, City of Casey, Mornington Pen SC, Cardinia and Bass Coast. 250 staff and 3300 volunteers across 69 fire brigades protecting close to 1M Victorians.SMR is CFA's busiest Region with approximately 11000 primary emergency calls per annum, which equates to approximately 30% of all CFA's response activity.Managed Region during the Black Saturday Bushfires. SMR experienced 182 fires on that day including the Bunyip Track fire of 26500 hectares. SMR had 4 of its fires from Black Saturday reviewed by the Royal Commission and the team at SMR were commended for their management. There was no life and limited property loss from those fires.

Sale, Gippsland

Responsible for the managment of the CFA Region of CFA, coverring the municipalities of Baw Baw, Latrobe City, South Gippsland, Wellington and East Gippsland Shires encompassing 150 CFA brigades with 6000 volunteers and approximately 80 staff.Managed Region through periods of major incidents: Moondarra fire 2006, Hazelwood Open Cut Fire October 2006, Gippsland, North East fires of December to February 2006/07. Managed Integrated Fire Agency Coordination Centre for CFA and responsible for briefing Government Officials, Heads of Agencies, Interstate and International Incident Managment Teams and responsible for approval of Strategic Plans from which daily Incident Action Plans were formulated across 5 Incident Control Centres.

Cfa Headquarters Burwood

Led the Strategic Resource Initiative for CFA 2001-2004, with a budget of $98.5M. This was a special funding contribution by Government to boost CFA’s capacity to service its growing communities. Funding was allocated across 14 programs, including 182 new staff positions, infrastructure and vehicle, youth, community and education programs to expand CFA’s overall service delivery capability across major facets of operation. This required membership of Executive Leadership Team, direct reporting to Minister, Emergency Services Commissioner and CFA Board.

Bunyip

Completed just on 30 years as volunteer. Held various officer positions at brigade level for more than 20 years, culminating in two terms as Captain of an Urban and Rural brigade, with the amalgamation of the two under my leadership.Personally involved in the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires as an Officer in charge of initial and follow up crews.12 years as a Deputy Group Officer in Pakenham Group. Fulfilled role of Incident Controller at Group Headquarters for several larger fires. Several years as a Breathing Apparatus, Structural Fire Attack and Hazardous Materials Instructor within Region and at Fiskville.Since joining CFA as a staff member in 1993, I have held many operational and support roles including Regional Duty Officer, Planning Officer, Aircraft Officer, Control Centre Manager and strategic leadership roles since becoming an executive in the CFA

Dandenong

Responsible for the Business planning and Buget Management and various project managment and delivery for Westernport Area of CFA. Involvement in many corporate projects and committees over period implement varying forms of change within CFA.

Pakenham And Bunyip

Commenced career in banking and completed many relevant courses both internal and external during the period and many positions including: general duties, Auditing (5 years) all grades of Bank Accountancy and culminated in Branch Management

Graduate Certificate Applied Management, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management, Graduate Diploma Of Executive Leadership

Applied Management, Graduate Certificate In Applied Management

Business Administration And Management, General, Diploma Of Business Management