Statement from Minister Logan re Youth in Emergency Services Program
The following statement was read into Parliament today by the [...]
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 [...]
Hon Diane Evers MLC statement re Bushfire Mitigation
The following statement was made in Parliament today by the [...]
Pilbara News: Increased growth a fire risk
Significant rainfall across the North West during the 2019-2020 wet [...]
QWN: Mr Don Punch to Hon Fran Logan re Koolinup Emergency Services Centre
The following "Dorothy Dix" question without notice was asked by [...]
Land value (and therefore ESL) falls 8%
The State Budget is still weeks away but the association [...]
SES Volunteers Association: Important President’s Message
The following article appeared in the September edition of the [...]
ABC: Fears bigger workload being pushed onto volunteers as career firefighters told to cut back on overtime
Association note: For the record, the association met with the [...]
Farm Weekly: Hot under the collar
Bushfire Volunteers Executive Officer Darren Brown at the WAFarmers [...]
WA Gov’t: Collie’s new emergency services centre creating jobs in the South-West
Construction set to start on a new $13.4 million emergency [...]
Australian Emergency Law: BA for a West Australian bush fire brigade?
Here's an interesting legal opinion from Barrister Michael Eburn PhD [...]
ABC: Esperance-based water bomber and qualified pilot unable to help in local bushfire emergency
Scott Mackie and his water bomber plane, which are [...]
WA Gov’t: $15 million COVID-recovery package for WA’s emergency services
$13 million for upgrades to emergency services volunteer facilities $2 [...]
No response on Yanchep, no progress on Norseman incident reviews
Members would recall this article last week (Lack of Incident [...]
WA Gov’t: Emergency services volunteer fuel card to be automatically issued
Volunteer groups who previously held $1,000 fuel card no longer [...]
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 [...]
Farm Weekly Opinion: Balancing government support and control
AS president of the peak body for Western Australia's Volunteer [...]
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 [...]
SMH: Volunteer firies ‘disenchanted’ and ‘disrespected’ by bureaucracy
Volunteer firefighters are leaving the ranks in NSW and Victoria [...]
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 [...]
FAQ: DFES Code of Conduct
As we reported last week, Nationals Member for Warren-Blackwood [...]
We hear you: Bushfire Volunteers association consulting in WA’s Great Southern
Bushfire Volunteers President Dave Gossage ASFM met with volunteers from [...]