SMH: Volunteer firies ‘disenchanted’ and ‘disrespected’ by bureaucracy
Volunteer firefighters are leaving the ranks in NSW and Victoria due to disrespect from city-based professional emergency managers, the bushfire royal commission has heard. Volunteer Fire Fighters Association of NSW vice-president Brian Williams said fire [...]
South Western Times: $13.4M DFES centre and fire truck building facility to be built in Collie
A new $13.4 million Department of Fire and Emergency Services management centre and fire truck building facility earmarked for Collie are set to create local jobs and bolster the region’s manufacturing industry into the future. [...]
FAQ: DFES Code of Conduct
As we reported last week, Nationals Member for Warren-Blackwood Terry Redman was evidently contacted by at least one volunteer about the recently "redesigned" DFES Code of Conduct that included a statement saying volunteers may [...]
Busselton Mail: Generous gift to emergency services volunteers
Acton South West have led the charge to raise $10,000 for the WA Emergency Services Volunteer Hardship Assistance Scheme. Acton partnered with a number of sponsors to badge an awareness vehicle which acknowledged local businesses [...]
Quick Quiz: When do volunteer firefighters wash their PPC/PPE and who pays for it?
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We hear you: Bushfire Volunteers association consulting in WA’s Great Southern
Bushfire Volunteers President Dave Gossage ASFM met with volunteers from a number of Bush Fire Brigades the Great Southern region of Western Australia last week to discuss important issues facing our members. During the event, [...]
Support from Prime Minister Scott Morrison for our mobile App – ESVolunteers.org.au
Sadly, COVID-19 restrictions meant we couldn't progress with the big in-person celebration we had hoped to have to launch our awesome new Essential Service Volunteers mobile App. So in April, we wrote to the offices [...]
ABC: Fresh concerns over union influence as CFA boss quits ahead of controversial firefighting overhaul
Firefighting has been dogged by turf wars between Victoria's volunteers and career firefighters for years.(Supplied: CFA) As Victoria's troubled fire services are rocked by the resignation of a top fire chief less than [...]
Bushfire Volunteers Western Power Grants Program update
We are very pleased to report that the 2020 Bushfire Volunteers Western Power Grants Program has wrapped up with more than 100 Brigades applying for funding for almost $400,000 worth of tools, equipment and services [...]
Wanneroo Times: DFES denies plans to relocate fire station
Joondalup Fire Station near Drovers Market Place. Drovers Market Place and Carramar Village Shopping Centre businesses are feeling the effects of prolonged roadworks as well as COVID-19. Credit: David Baylis/Community News THE Department [...]