Lower Great-Southern Brigades leaning into training early this year
Volunteers from the Owingup, Kordabup and Mehniup Volunteer Bushfire Brigades [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SMH: New federal agency proposed to respond to national emergencies
A new federal agency would lead a national response to [...]
Saving the best until last: Esperance WAFarmers Roadshow biggest turnout of all
Bushfire Volunteers have deeply appreciated the great opportunity to be [...]
Farm Weekly: Hot under the collar
Bushfire Volunteers Executive Officer Darren Brown at the WAFarmers [...]
Paramount issues raised at Pingelly Roadshow
Just over 40 people attended our Farmer Engagement Partners WAFarmers [...]
Bushfire Volunteers, SES and WALGA discuss formal engagement and consultation agreement
As the peak body for the 20,000 amazing women and [...]
Can you help: Psychologist wanted to guide development of new service for volunteers
The association is very proud to have been working hard [...]
Keeping up with the times – Bushfire Volunteers launch social media group
Last week, the association launched our very own ‘Bushfire Volunteers [...]
DFES conference back on, no ESL support for ours
Regular readers will recall this kind post we shared in [...]
Australian Emergency Law: BA for a West Australian bush fire brigade?
Here's an interesting legal opinion from Barrister Michael Eburn PhD [...]
WAFarmers / Bushfire Volunteers 2nd regional meeting a great success!
Dave Gossage AFSM presenting at the WAFarmers / Bushfire [...]
“Engaged, interested and informed” audience at WAFarmers/Bushfire Volunteers meeting in Albany
A group of more than 50 people attended the first [...]
Government must fund replenishment of water taken from farms for bush fires
The peak body for WA’s 20,000+ Bush Fire Volunteers has [...]
Albany Advertiser Opinion: Walls won’t create trust
The following letter to the editor was published in the [...]
Apply now: Project Officer – Breaking Barriers for women
With support of the Department of Communities, Bushfire Volunteers has [...]
Breaking Barriers project: Issues and opportunities for women
The team at Bushfire Volunteers is extremely excited to announce [...]
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 [...]
Bushfire Volunteers and WA Farmers regional roadshow – Albany 24 July
Our wonderful Farmer Engagement Partners, WAFarmers, have collaborated with the [...]
SMH: Volunteer firies ‘disenchanted’ and ‘disrespected’ by bureaucracy
Volunteer firefighters are leaving the ranks in NSW and Victoria [...]