Bunbury Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade International Volunteer Day celebration
Terri Kowal at Bunbury Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade 2 #IVD2020 A number of the incredible members of the Bunbury Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade were honoured with service medals and other awards during a [...]
Balingup Brigade uses Western Power-funded fireground tool immediately
Bushfire Volunteers President Dave Gossage delivering a FLIR Tic to the Balingup Brigade courtesy of Western Power grant 2020 International Volunteer Day was busy for Bushfire Volunteers President Dave Gossage and not to [...]
Bushfire Volunteers Western Power grant delivers new FLIR thermal camera to Burekup Bush Fire Brigade
Bushfire Volunteers Executive Officer Darren Brown delivering a new FLIR Tic to the Burekup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade courtesy of the Western Power Grants Scheme with thanks to Chubb Fire and FLIR Australia for [...]
John Jarratt, Fiona Wood and Peter Rowsthorn launch campaign to support Bushfire Volunteers
Locals supporting local, on International Volunteer Day 2020 Big names in Australia get behind Bushfire Volunteers for awareness campaign There are over 20 000 Members of WA’s 560+ Volunteer Bushfire Brigades who use their time [...]
Time after time: Chittering ISB Reunion
Chittering Incident Support Brigade 15 year reunion December 2020 - Cr John Curtis, ISB Captain Peter Hall, ISB Life Member Paul Groves, Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Operations Jon Broomhall, Life Member Raylene Groves, Shire of [...]
Countryman: Header fires spark warning
WA’s regional firefighting units have faced their first big tests of the bushfire season, with more than 800ha of crop destroyed by blazes in the past week. Three header fires in four days burned through [...]
Farm Weekly: Bush Fire volunteers speak up
Western Australia’s volunteer Bush Fire Brigade members are being urged to share their thoughts about volunteering and rural fire management in the inaugural “Your Voice” annual survey due to close shortly. Bushfire Volunteers’ President Dave [...]
State Gov’t: New mobile app and bushfire awareness campaign aims to save lives
Association note: We note the app was built by two western australian technology companies and data is hosted by Amazon Web Services - just like our app (www.esvolunteers.org.au)! Hard-hitting new advertising campaign to urge Western [...]
BNHCRC: Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: December 2020 – February 2021
Australia’s climate is now under the influence of La Niña, and as a result the landscape and weather conditions continue to be vastly different to the previous two years. Weather conditions for the year to [...]
State Gov’t: Yanchep firefighters to get $914,000 of modern updates to fire station (VFRS)
Yanchep Fire Station will undergo significant renovations to improve facilities Upgrade part of the McGowan Government's COVID-19 recovery plan to support building and construction sectors Yanchep Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service firefighters will have a [...]