ABC: NSW Government accepts all 76 bushfire inquiry recommendations
Key points: The inquiry analysed NSW's approach to last season's [...]
Canberra Times: ACT bushfire inquiry: Volunteer firefighters call for more respect and better conditions
The Orroral Valley fire which destroyed most of Namadgi [...]
QLD Country Life: Queensland’s rural firies push for fire service restructure
Hosed down: Queensland's Fire and Emergency Services has hosed [...]
Royal Commission: Extension of reporting date
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission into National [...]
SMH: Volunteer firies ‘disenchanted’ and ‘disrespected’ by bureaucracy
Volunteer firefighters are leaving the ranks in NSW and Victoria [...]
FAQ: DFES Code of Conduct
As we reported last week, Nationals Member for Warren-Blackwood [...]
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 [...]
WAFES Conference rescheduled until 2021 – ConEx still on! GalleryWAFES Conference rescheduled until 2021 – ConEx still on!
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WAFES Conference rescheduled until 2021 – ConEx still on!
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has [...]
ABC: Queensland Government use of QFES funding to cover COVID-19 expenses questioned
Key points: Concerns include that up to $20 million of [...]
Countryman: DFES taps into tradition
The association is a strong supporter of diversity - not [...]
Build Australia: Key bushfire standard open for all Australians to access
The Federal Government and Standards Australia have partnered to waive [...]
RiotACT!: How can animals help reduce bushfire risk?
Grassland showing signs of life in Namadgi National Park [...]
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ABC: BlazeAid needs more volunteers to help bushfire recovery, sees solution in paying backpackers
Garry Wilson and Rob Golgini are leading the call [...]
Australian Aviation: ATSB reveals first details of C-130 crash that killed US firefighters in NSW
A preliminary ATSB report into the deaths of three American [...]
The New Daily: Scientists say Australia’s worst-ever bushfire season ‘not the new normal’
Accepting Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season as the “new normal” would [...]
RACGP: Calls for national action on bushfire smoke health impact
Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra all experienced compromised air quality [...]
ABC Sum of All Parts: How we evacuate
How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE [...]
pedestrian.tv: Firefighters Honoured With 20-Metre High Billboard In NYC’s Time Square & We’re Crying
A huge 20-metre high billboard has appeared in Times Square [...]
The Australian: Bushfires: watchdog calls for rethink on bushfire fuel-load reduction
Inspector-General of Emergency Management Alistair Dawson says, ‘it is [...]
The Lead: Satellite group targets bushfire disaster and clean water
Bushfire disasters and satellite water monitoring are crucial targets in [...]
Glen Innes Examiner: Close the RFS? Greens politician says fire services need reform
An interesting article below from our friends at the Glen [...]
Weekend Australian: Bushfires: fireys say donations no excuse for government to cut funding
Rural Fire Service Shoalhaven district manager Mark Williams in [...]
CAVFA: Fire Presidents call for recognition of volunteer firefighters
FIRE PRESIDENTS CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS On Wednesday [...]
BNHCRC: Science Roundtable meets on bushfires
The Big Jack Mountain fire in NSW, February 2020. [...]