WA Govt: $38.4 million firefighting package to boost frontline services
Below is a media statement published today by the Hon [...]
Australian Emergency Law: Employment protection for volunteer firefighters in WA
The valuable legal opinion below is courtesy of Michael Eburn, [...]
Success: Portable fridge/freezers to be removed from “ineligible” ESL list
The association has worked long and hard for many years [...]
Success: Chainsaws to be removed from “ineligible” ESL list
The association has worked long and hard for many years [...]
Document reveals State Government plan to take control of 20,000+ Local Government Bush Fire and SES volunteers
Key points: More than 70% of WA’s emergency service volunteers [...]
QWN: Terry Redman MLA to Minister for Emergency Services Hon Fran Logan MLA re ABC Reporting
The Question Without Notice below was asked by Member for [...]
DFES refusal to provide ESL transparency forces cancellation of regional Bush Fire Volunteers Convention & Exhibition
The peak body for Western Australia’s largest emergency service has [...]
ABC: NSW Government accepts all 76 bushfire inquiry recommendations
Key points: The inquiry analysed NSW's approach to last season's [...]
DFES conference back on, no ESL support for ours
Regular readers will recall this kind post we shared in [...]
No response on Yanchep, no progress on Norseman incident reviews
Members would recall this article last week (Lack of Incident [...]
Albany Advertiser Opinion: Walls won’t create trust
The following letter to the editor was published in the [...]
ABC: Bushfire royal commission hears how COVID-19 could impact firefighting this bushfire season
COVID-19 has had a big impact on the movement [...]
Lack of Incident Review report into 2019 Yanchep fire disappointing
Many of our stakeholders simply aren't aware of all the [...]
Minister Logan: Time for Nats to focus on ES task
Time for Nats to focus on ES task The following [...]
ABC: Compulsory Department of Fire and Emergency Services Code Of Conduct worries volunteers
Key points: Nationals MP Terry Redman says the restrictions detailed [...]
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 [...]
Parliamentary Debate: Code of Conduct (Speakers: Terry Redman, Premier Hon Mark McGowan, Shane Love, Hon Fran Logan)
The following Question Without Notice and subsequent Motion were presented [...]
QWN: Terry Redman to Emergency Services Minister re DFES Code of Conduct
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Member [...]
Yanchep News Online: Embers from much earlier fire sparked big Yanchep bushfire
A DEPARTMENT of Fire and Emergency Services investigation into the [...]
Bushfire Volunteer’s written submission to the 2020 National Royal Commission
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC (Retd) The Honourable Dr [...]
QWN: Sean L’Estrange to Premier McGowan re Coronavirus
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Opposition [...]
News.com.au: The myths around Australia’s horror bushfire season debunked
The 6100 hectare fire that threatened homes south of [...]
WA Gov’t: Council heralds new approach to bushfire management in WA
New State Bushfire Advisory Council held its inaugural meeting today [...]
Augusta Margaret River Times: Bushfire leaders jump on brigade-DFES discussion
The Shire’s bushfire hierarchy has moved to reverse a request [...]