CFS Volunteers fall by thousands

[pumprescue]

It's only a stab if your guilty? If your not affected then it's not an issue for you.

[Bagyassfirey]

Maybe the previous said reasons can be contributed to falling numbers close to Adelaide in the busy peri urban brigades and busier country brigades where people take more interest in the politics of the service. But I genuinely believe as you push further in to the country the decline is attributed to just that a decline in people in the community. Farms are getting bigger people are moving away from the land both retiring and the attraction of the mines. Unfortunately the volunteer agencies are the first to suffer!

[Mic10110]

Some time ago there was talk about expanding the membership categories to include volunteers who are "summer only". If these changes went thru, volunteer numbers would probably rise again - and brigades would get a quorum of voters at meetings too.