Wayne Teece

• I have recently stepped up into the role of Area Director for the South Coast Area to cover an extended period of leave. I have successfully acted in this role previously covering both the West Moreton and South Coast Areas previously and thoroughly enjoyed the experiences. I have also previously acted in the capacity of Inspector at the Volunteer Emergency Services Training Command.
• As Area Director I lead a team of staff responsible for the management of volunteers across many brigades who provide fire management, hazard mitigation and response services for rural and semi-rural communities.
• I meet with staff and volunteers regularly to support and provide training through meetings and workshops in accordance with the departmental policies and guidelines.
• I am involved in and contribute to the local area Fire Management Groups, Consultative Groups and Senior Leadership team. In this role I lead/facilitate these meetings and discussions which are integral to maintaining the working relationships with key stakeholders in those areas.
• I attend Annual General Meetings with Rural Fire Brigades and any special functions held by the Brigades, ie open days, medal presentations. This also includes financial meetings and working with agencies to secure Grants and funding for capital projects and/or other equipment.
• I Manage the operational and strategic response of volunteers and staff in the local areas and also for Strike Teams and Task Forces for out of Area Response. I have been responsible for co-ordination of strike teams and task forces to the Tara fires in 2024 (anymore examples?)
• I perform the duties of Chief Fire Warden for the area/s and liaise closely with local Fire Wardens to manage and support them in their roles.

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• Providing support to forty-one Rural Fire Brigades and nearly two thousand volunteers across the South Coast Area with training and capability for volunteers
• Managing of the South Coast Area activities calendar that provides training opportunities for volunteers and providing identified/specific training courses requested by Brigades i.e
• Road Crash Rescue awareness because a Brigade is getting more call outs for Road Crash Rescues
• Liaise with stakeholders within the Area and creating strategic plans for further training and development of volunteers
• Conduct workshops and opportunities for stakeholders and Brigades to meet and discuss the issues in their areas and develop plans to mitigate risks and develop Incident Action Plans
• Motivation and support for the new Rural Fire Development Framework across the South Coast Area and changing the past cultures of training
• This has been a large body of work, and this is ongoing for the new and existing members within the Rural Fire Service
• Managing the effective development of our Volunteer Area Training Officers that deliver the training courses to the volunteers and conducting six monthly workshops to review and mentor them to always looking for improvements
• Ensuring consistency with our record keeping and evidence gathering to meet requirements of the QFES RTO.

• Supports Brigades with the maintenance and fuel program introduced by the Commissioner to support the Rural Fire Brigades across the South East Region
• This role has a very important focus on communicating with the brigades when dealing with maintenance of the fleet
• There can also be long hours and after hours calls to assist with a broken-down appliance on the fire ground or an appliance that has been involved in an accident
• Establish communications with all Brigades throughout the South East Region and maintain strong communication by interacting with them daily when they require assistance
• Receive quotes from all different suppliers and contractors and ensure they are equitable and financially meet the expectations of QFES regarding pricing of products and services
• Have discovered over charging by suppliers on several occasions now and this was rectified with the supplier
• Ensuring on completion of works or receiving goods, that payment is made following Corporate Card use and policy
• Maintaining records of all expenditures and maintaining Fraedom account by uploading receipts and invoices in a timely manner
• Compile and lodge insurance claims for the South East Region
• This involves gathering information from the brigade and assisting them with completing the claim form and submitting all the required information to the insurance company
• There are many examples of this but recently submitted three claims on the one day
• Submitted the claim form, copy of driver’s licence and all relevant photos required by the insurance company
• Organisation and record keeping very important when dealing with the insurance company
• Respond as an Operation Rural Fire Support Officer to all incidents as required by the Regional Manager
• At times working in the IMT or in an operational role on the ground working with crews or liaising with other agencies
• An example of this would be working in the Regional Operations Centre during Severe fire weather event across several days within the region
• I was required to ascertain what resources were available and have crews ready to respond for any Wildfire incidents
• I also established and deployed Task Forces from the Gold Coast Group to the Hattonvale area.

• Manager of the major event contracts for National Security Management which included the Supercars Australia events around the country, Home of The Arts at Bundall, music festivals and other security contracts awarded to the company
• I would attend meetings with the clients on a regular basis and work with them on rostering and proposed budgets
• There was always the consultative process with the client to provide best possible coverage of security staff but also working within the client’s budget constraints
• My role was operational planning of rosters and procedures/policies for these events
• Staffing of around 1000 security and event staff throughout the calendar year and rostering of these staff
• This involved setting up an excel spread sheet with all the relevant details of the staff members
• This contained their licence details, their last working position at the event, any notes recorded from the last event and their availability
• I would then work through the staffing list and place them on the rosters in the best suited position coinciding with their availability to work
• Encouraged all employees to deliver a great service to the client by providing the appropriate training for their specific role before the event
• I would conduct event inductions before events and provide maps, plans, briefings and all necessary equipment the staff would require during the event
• This was my best opportunity to create a positive vibe with the working staff and give them an indication of what my expectations were when they wore the uniform and were representing National Security Management
• I would always encourage the staff to speak with me or any of the Supervisor’s at the meeting, so they had a feeling of being welcomed to the company and part of the team
• I feel it was critical to make them have a positive attitude before commencing work
• At the larger events where we had over 150 staff, I would break down the event site into sectors
• This would be supported by sector supervisors and a 2IC
• The Gold Coast 600 is such a large event that it is broken into six sectors with two sperate sign on/off offices
• I would then conduct specific briefings for the senior management crew and give them my instructions of what my requirements where for their respective sectors
• There would be specific procedures required and an example would be to liaise with the Queensland Police when there was a dignitary visiting an event
• We would need to work out the safest route for the dignitary and the entourage and then liaise with Traffic Control operators to give speedy entry to the motorcade
• I would be required to attend briefings with all different agencies that would be involved with an event i.e., event medical, team medical, motorsport teams, Police from the specific state we were in, Clerk of the Course, Fire Fighting agencies, NRMA Care Flight team, local council representatives, residents living close to the track and many other stakeholders
• There was a fleet of patrol vehicles and ATV’s that we would utilise for events and this required organisation of maintenance and fuel etc
• Each driver of these vehicles would be trained on their use and check they had the appropriate licence
• At the commencement of the Bathurst 1000 I would conduct a meeting with the drivers of these vehicles and talk through with them what my expectations were on how they would always drive the vehicles in a professional manner
• They would sign the appropriate paperwork before taking control of the keys of each vehicle.

• Provide Supervision of 32 operational security staff conducting 24-hour patrols on land and water in a secure community
• This involved listening to the radio and monitoring what was happening on the ground
• At times would travel with the patrol staff and monitor what they were doing and give guidance on what better ways to patrol to achieve more frequent visits to high-risk areas of the resort
• Be a strong leader and ensure the security staff worked as a team during emergencies including house & boat fires, medical emergencies, physical assaults, motor vehicle accidents and general duties
• An example of this was a house fire in Marine Drive North
• On my arrival at the scene, I gave the Control Room Operator an update on what was happening and that the house was well involved of fire
• I requested ‘000’ be called immediately and advise them of what information I had given the Control Room Operator
• I then directed two security staff to my location that were carrying firefighting equipment in their vehicles and directed the third security staff member to man the security gates and give access to the emergency services vehicles that were attending
• I then directed the security patrol boat to bring the portable firefighting pump and set up operations at the pool and assist with fighting the fire
• We were able to slow down the progress of the fire from spreading to the next-door neighbour’s house and keeping the fire within the garage and right side of the house
• Fire & Rescue arrived and we assisted them with ongoing firefighting operations
• We received very good feedback on what our team had done at this fire from the Station Officer
• Ensured staff members followed policies and procedures by guiding them through their training and giving them all the materials required to be an important part of the team
• Also conducted disciplinary meetings when staff did not follow these policies and procedures
• I would conduct at least one training session a month
• With First Aid I would have a resuscitation dummy in the lunchroom and call two staff members back to the lunchroom and give them an exercise where a male has collapsed, and they needed to revive the male with their available resources
• This proved very beneficial for the staff as they frequently utilised the equipment instead of only once every 12 months when doing their recertification
• Had to work within a budget each year to purchase and maintain the security patrol vehicles, radios and uniforms
• Monthly reports on current expenditure were submitted to the Operations Manager
• I was given several employee awards for the excellent work achieved in this area and for several years was under the allocated budget for these portfolios
• Example would be the uniform budget that I worked on
• The allocated budget was $36,000 a year
• This included Dry Cleaning of uniforms and purchase of new uniforms
• I would calculate the expected expenditure for the Dry Cleaning and then work on an average monthly spend on purchase of uniforms
• This was my working budget and stayed within this budget each month
• If there was a need to spend over the set monthly limit, this would be deducted from the next month’s budget.