appliance means a fire-fighting or emergency response vehicle operated by a member;
approved officer or member means an officer or member, class of officers or class of members approved by the Chief Officer to lead a burning operation for the purposes of regulation 137;
AS 1019 means Australian Standard AS 1019—2000, Internal combustion engines—Spark emission control devices, as in force before its cancellation on 19 October 2023;
AS 1687 means Australian Standard AS 1687—1991, Knapsack spray pumps for firefighting, as in force before its cancellation on 30 June 2017;
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;
authorised burn delivery plan means a plan approved by an officer or a forest officer for the conduct of a burning operation incorporating the location, specifications and conditions under which the operation is to be conducted;
brigade area means the area of operation designated for a brigade by the Chief Officer under section 27 of the Act;
brigade management team means a group of members appointed by a brigade to manage and administer the affairs of the brigade;
call taking and dispatch services has the same meaning as in the Triple Zero Victoria Act 2023;
Commission means the Country Fire Authority Appeals Commission established under section 74A of the Act;
Computer Aided Dispatch system means the system used to deliver call taking and dispatch services by Triple Zero Victoria established under the Triple Zero Victoria Act 2023;
disciplinary hearing means a hearing under Subdivision 4 of Division 4 of Part 4 to determine whether a member of a brigade has engaged in conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action;
disciplinary investigation means an investigation under Subdivision 3 of Division 4 of Part 4 into the conduct of a member of a brigade;
disciplinary referral means a determination referred to in regulation 63(2)(b)(ii);
eligible to vote, in relation to a decision determined by a vote by members of a brigade or group, does not include a person specified in regulation 16;
employee means a person appointed under section 17 of the Act;
failure by an alarm monitoring system means a fault or failure of an alarm monitoring service to automatically transmit a signal of an alarm of fire, or have that signal transmitted from an alarm monitoring service accepted by the Computer Aided Dispatch system of the Authority;
financial statements means the records referred to in regulation 80;
forestry industry brigade means an industry brigade in the forestry industry;
ground for disciplinary action has the meaning given by regulation 55;
hazardous material incident means a hazardous material incident or a toxic fire incident the whole or part of which is not a fire;
hearing officer means the Chief Officer or a person who is authorised under regulation 56(3);
junior member has the meaning given in regulation 27(1);
interim restriction means a direction under regulation 58(1);
interim suspension means a suspension under regulation 58(2);
investigator means the Chief Officer or a person who is authorised under regulation 56(1);
member, except in Part 6, means a person who is enrolled by the Authority under section 23(1)(b) of the Act as a volunteer officer or volunteer member of a brigade;
misconduct includes the following—
(a) unacceptable or inappropriate conduct, having regard to any behavioural policies or standards developed by the Authority;
(b) conduct—
(i) that is likely to harm the reputation of the Authority; and
(ii) by a person who, at the time of engaging in the conduct, intends that the conduct would, or is reckless as to whether the conduct could, harm the reputation of the Authority;
mobile fire-fighting unit means a vehicle suitably equipped for enabling an industry brigade to respond to and fight a fire;
plantation holdings means land which is used primarily for tree farming or other commercial forestry purposes;
referring officer means the Chief Officer or a person who is authorised under regulation 56(2);
relevant owner, in relation to a forestry industry brigade, has the same meaning as in section 23AA of the Act;
secretary, in relation to a brigade or group of brigades, means a person appointed under regulation 79(1)(a) or (2)(a);
tested end-to-end means to ensure that signal integrity is maintained between the system components and systems in an alarm system;
the Act means the Country Fire Authority Act 1958;
treasurer, in relation to a brigade or group of brigades, means a person appointed under regulation 79(1)(b) or (2)(b);
uniform means an Authority uniform issued to an officer or member but does not include any item of personal protective clothing;
WWC exclusion has the same meaning as in the Worker Screening Act 2020.