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ABC Southwest interview with Dave Gossage regarding Baker Hughes IDP and Royal Commission
Our State President Dave Gossage AFSM was interviewed this morning by ABC Southwest Mornings presenter Dominique Bayens about the launch of our exciting Baker Hughes Innovation Development Program and a quick chat about the Federal [...]
WA Gov’t: Western Australia celebrates National Volunteer Week
Please find below a media statement published today by Hon Reece Whitby, Minister for Emergency Services; Volunteering The contribution made by volunteers recognised during National Volunteer Week, May 17-23 Volunteering is worth $39 billion to Western [...]
ABC Victoria (Ballarat) interview with Dave Gossage re launch of Baker Hughes Innovation Development Program
Our State President Dave Gossage AFSM was interviewed this morning by ABC Ballarat Saturday Breakfast presenter Matt Tribe about the launch of our exciting Baker Hughes Innovation Development Program. Click the media player below to hear [...]
Bushfire Volunteers and Baker Hughes Launch joint national program to drive innovation in bushfire management
LOCATION: Perth Western Australia, May 14, 2021 - Bushfire Volunteers Western Australia (WA) and Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, announced the launch of the Bushfire Volunteers-Baker Hughes Innovation Development Program, to encourage and [...]
The Mandarin: We need to get better at learning how to learn from bushfires
Below is an interesting article recently published by our friends at The Mandarin. For the record, the Association agrees and has advocated for a Federal Government Agency to conduct standardised post incident reviews of all [...]
International Firefighters’ Day Memorial Service 2021
Minister Reece Whitby MLA, Bushfire Volunteers' Lorraine Webster, Member Rhys McDonald and John Mangini, and FES Commissioner Darren Klemm at the International Firefighters Day 2021 Memorial Service in Kings Park, Perth Yesterday, Bushfire [...]
6PR’s Oliver Peterson interviews President Dave Gossage AFSM re Mitigation
Bushfire Volunteers' President Dave Gossage AFSM was interviewed by radio 6PR's Oliver Peterson today regarding the unusually high smoke levels over the last couple of days and the value of bush fire mitigation, including prescribed/planned [...]
Unpaid Professionals – Jenelle Parkinson – Myalup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
This week, we share an interview with Jenelle Parkinson, a member of Myalup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade. Jenelle shares some of her personal story about how, as a single mother of young children, her [...]
2021 State Election Candidate Survey
In the past 10 years, the annual expenditure of the State Government Department responsible for Fire and Emergency Services (FESA/DFES) almost doubled, ballooning to nearly half a billion dollars this year. At the same time, [...]
Dept of Premier and Cabinet: re Wooroloo fire inquiry
On the back of feedback from various volunteers who attended the devastating Wooroloo fire, the association published this statement calling on the government to commit to an open, independent and inclusive review of its management. [...]
Nominations for DFES training facility project team
The association has been given a short amount of time to nominate volunteers who would like to be part of DFES project teams regarding the development of a new training facility that will apparently provide [...]
LGIS: Keeping Bushfire Volunteers safe and well
One of the many things the association has been working on behind the scenes for years is engaging with the Local Government Insurance Scheme (LGIS) to develop information and tools that help Local Government [...]
Xinhua News: Chinese business community in Australia helps local organizations in bushfire recovery
The Chinese business community in Australia's state of Western Australia (WA) made donation to and help local organizations in the recovery from the devastating bushfire that hit the state earlier this month. David Sun, president [...]
Unpaid Professionals – Ed Bland – Bridgetown Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
This week, we share an interview with Ed Bland, a member of Bridgetown Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, Fire Control Officer (FCO), and fire intelligence officer for the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes. Ed is also the [...]
The Nationals: Modern technology to boost emergency services capabilities
The Nationals WA have committed to roll out drone technology across regional WA to give emergency services volunteers the latest equipment to assist with search and rescue and firefighting efforts. Leader Mia Davies announced The [...]
ABC South West Andrew Collins interview with Bushfire Volunteers’ Sinead Burke regarding The Unpaid Professionals
ABC South West WA Drive presenter Andrew Collins spoke with our Communications Manager Sinead Burke today about the association's wonderful new podcast The Unpaid Professionals. Andrew played a short excerpt from one episode featuring Fred [...]
Wooroloo fire must have open, independent and inclusive review
Key points Bushfire Volunteer association calls for immediate commitment for open, independent and inclusive review of management of Wooroloo fire Association says Government review culture unhelpful and potentially dangerous The peak body for Western Australia’s [...]
Interview: Oliver Peterson and Bushfire Volunteers’ President Dave Gossage AFSM regarding Wooroloo fire
6PR Perth Live presenter Oliver Peterson interviewed Bushfire Volunteers' President Dave Gossage AFSM this afternoon regarding the Wooroloo Bush Fire and the recovery effort ahead. Dave announced the association's call for an independent, fully inclusive [...]
The West: Perth Hills horror bushfire threat downgraded to watch and act
Image of the efforts of DFES battling the Wooroloo bushfire The giant fire that has been threatening the Perth Hills for the past six days has been downgraded from emergency warning level to watch and [...]
Federal and State Gov’t: Joint media statement – Disaster assistance following Wooroloo bushfires
Disaster assistance has been made available to assist communities in the City of Swan and the Shire of Mundaring recover from the extensive damage caused by bushfires in the region this week. Assistance is being [...]