Quantifying the benefits of Australian emergency services training

There is greater competition for funding within the public sector and, combined with increasing scope of high-risk hazards that emergency services personnel are responsible placing economic pressure on worldwide. With this comes additional requirements to justify expenditure and effort across operational corporate contexts, including training career volunteer necessary level contemporary multi-hazard expertise. Within context, Australasian fire must submit formalised cases through state or Commonwealth treasury departments, in most competing other government departments limited funding. These usually assessed based political value benefit. The investment new, high-fidelity practical simulated environments, let alone a new academy college, expensive has potential be one largest capital projects can undertake. Justifying cost environments complex due difficulty translating technicalities specialised response into language because lack data literature which draw guidance. This paper bridges knowledge gap by building existing models research propose an Emergency Services Training Financial Rationalisation Model (EST-FRM) academies Australia. model application wherever financial rationalisation facilities required.