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Bushfire Volunteers Sponsorship and Partnership Manager: Apply now
The advertisement below is currently listed on Seek.com.au - click here to see the ad on SEEK Sponsorship and Partnership Manager Role: Sponsorship and Partnership Manager Initial salary: $70,000 [...]
Telstra: Assisting our firefighting heroes by picking up the bill
We’ve all witnessed the confronting scenes of bushfires around the country, and awed at the heroic volunteers battling the blazes. Today we’re doing our part to thank our volunteer firefighters by providing them with free [...]
WA Gov’t: Large air tanker on the way to boost WA’s fire response
New MD87 large air tanker (LAT) is expected to arrive in Perth next week LAT can drop 11,350 litres of water and reach speeds of 800 kph LAT is expected to be based at RAAF [...]
Cockburn Gazette: Volunteer bushfire brigade’s million dollar new home unveiled
The new $1.1 million Jandakot Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Station in Banjup. Picture: David Baylis. Jandakot Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade (VBFB)’s 30 year-old home has received a much-needed upgrade, with a new $1.1 [...]
WA Gov’t: $1.57 million fire station opens with State’s first ‘fire-wise’ garden
New $1.57 million fire station for Jandakot Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade The station is the State's first fire station with a 'fire-wise' garden New facility will also be used for fire safety education A 'fire-wise' [...]
Countryman/WA Farmers: Spend wisely on fire risk
WA Farmers' CEO Trevor Whittington. Photo: The Countryman WA’s $405m Emergency Services Levy raises enough money, but Government must focus on bushfires or face the electoral fallout In WA, fire and emergency services [...]
Geraldton Guardian: Recruits line up in droves
A feeling of “how can I help?”, tweets from high-profile Australian and international celebrities and a promotional campaign is credited for a surge in people wanting to join fire brigades in Geraldton and the Mid [...]
Manjimup-Bridgetown Times: Council focuses on fire mitigation and growth
Overall growth and natural disaster mitigation are high priorities for the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire Council in 2020. “I think the greatest challenge to everything that we do — particularly in this environment — is ensuring that [...]
Guardian Express: Firies at odds over federal bushfire probe
Bushfire Volunteers agree that there have been many reviews of major incidents in the past and not all of them have resulted in change. We certainly do not want any more time or money wasted, [...]
Minderoo Foundation provides funds and resources to bushfire response, recovery and resilience
Minderoo Foundation Media Statement $10 million to mobilise specialist volunteers from Western Australia, $10 million in immediate bushfire relief funding and a $50 million investment to support the development of a long-term blueprint for fire resilience [...]
ABC: Emergency Services Levy funding used to pay for $100,000 worth of artwork at fire stations
PHOTO: Vincent Fire Station's $51,500 art budget was funded by the WA's Emergency Services Levy. (ABC News: Rhiannon Shine) Key points: The levy has funded new fire stations which are required to include [...]
Great Southern Herald: Long campaign for fire truck
Borden volunteer firefighters battle last month's blaze Picture: DFES' Evan Collis The Shire of Gnowangerup has thrown its support behind a push for a fire truck to be based near the Stirling Range [...]
Australian Leisure Management: Motorsport fans and Perth Motorplex generously contribute to bushfire appeal
A crowd of approximately 8,000 attending the Summer Slam and Funny Car Match Race at Perth Motorplex on Saturday 4th January 2020 have generously contributed to a bushfire appeal in support of those affected by [...]
Stirling Range Fire – A Different Perspective
There is never a “good” time for a dry thunder storm and sunset on Boxing day, when many were still recovering from the over indulgences of the previous day, was no different. The lightning strike [...]
Share your story as a… female volunteer
The association has been working very hard to plan a number of very exciting pro-active campaigns and projects in order to increase the breadth of our members services. One issue that we regularly face is [...]
WA fire: 22 days and still out of control
The Great Southern and Goldfields regions of Western Australia aren't as highly populated or perhaps publicly visible as the east coast but it's important for all to be aware that hundreds of volunteers from Bush [...]
The West: PM offers $2b to help douse pain
Below is an excellent editorial from our friends at The West Australian newspaper. 57 major blaze inquiries mean we already know what should be done Scott Morrison will pump at least $2 billion dollars into [...]
ABC: Volunteer firefighters say Stirling Range National Park mega-blaze underscores need for more resources
PHOTO: Each year thousands of tourists visit the Stirling Range National Park on West Australia's south coast. (ABC News: Kit Mochan) Key points: It took a week for over 200 firefighters to contain [...]
The West: Heroes Welcome / The Concerns of a Captain
Below are two excellent articles that appeared in today's The Weekend West. Please encourage everyone you know to buy a copy of The West today and read these and other powerful articles about bushfire from [...]
ABC: Fire twister video another reminder of the bravery of volunteers
It's difficult to know what the long-term impact of almost every challenge humans face now days, but one very important outcome is a much better public understanding of the fury of fire. We are very [...]
