Kalgoorlie Miner: Goldfields shire, State Govt in war of words over fire fighting on unallocated crown land
A spat has broken out between the Shire of Dundas and Department of Fire and Emergency Services, with the local government refusing to “waste” precious ratepayers’ money fighting fires on unallocated crown land. Shire of [...]
QWN: Robyn Clarke to Emergency Services Minister Hon Fran Logan MLA re Mitigation
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Member for Murray-Wellington and answered in Parliament today by the Emergency Services Minister Hon Fran Logan MLA. BUSHFIRE MITIGATION Mrs R. CLARKE to the Minister for [...]
WA Gov’t: WA firefighters providing much-needed relief for NSW and QLD
WA firefighter taskforce left for QLD today More than 100 WA firefighters have been deployed in last three weeks Another taskforce scheduled to leave tomorrow Exhausted firefighters and emergency service authorities over east have been [...]
The Apsley Advocate: Thank you Firies
With fires threatening homes and property throughout the Walcha district, fire fighters are coming from the other side of the country to assist. WA Department of Fire and Emergency Service’s Strike Team Charlie have travelled [...]
Manjimup-Bridgetown Times: Call to pay volunteer fireys
Fighting a dangerous bushfire season could be made easier if volunteers were paid, according to Manjimup shire president Paul Omodei. Cr Omodei’s comments come following the State Government last week announcing its Get Behind the [...]
Minister’s Statement: Metropolitan pre-season forum
The following statement was read into Parliament by the Hon Fran Logan MLA, Emergency Services Minister today. Thank you Minister for making yourself available. FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — BUSHFIRE SEASON Statement by Minister for [...]
Big news: Sponsored accommodation for Bushfire Games teams
Two bits of excellent news about our first ever Bushfire Games / Mining Emergency Response Competition even on Langley Park: We’ve been able to secure sponsored twin-share accommodation for team members competing at the Bushfire [...]
WA Gov’t: Volunteer Emergency Services leaders meet to prepare for busy summer
Hundreds of emergency services volunteers gathered in Perth for pre-season briefing Most comprehensive and wide-ranging pre-season forum to date, with 2019 marking the first year Marine Rescue have attended As West Australian communities battled emergency [...]
Sponsorship Opportunities: Bushfire Volunteer Recruitment Week 2020
The peak body for Western Australia's 20,000+ registered Western Australian Bush Fire Service volunteers has today declared that the first Monday in May each year will mark the beginning of its "Bushfire Volunteers Recruitment Week", [...]
Can you help? Architect/Building designer needed
Well, what an incredible first 24 hours of the Market Sounding we published yesterday calling for expressions of interest from Local Governments, Corporations and Philanthropists who might like to help us build our world-leading Bushfire [...]