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ProBono Australia: Business and bushfires – a change for good?
Could the way businesses have stepped up in the wake of this summer’s bushfire crisis point to a “new normal” for business, asks David Pearson. Last summer’s devastating bushfire crisis has revealed much about the [...]
News.com.au: The myths around Australia’s horror bushfire season debunked
The 6100 hectare fire that threatened homes south of Canberra this summer. Picture Gary Ramage Source:News Corp Australia The bushfires that ravaged Australia this summer brought the country together. It also led to [...]
WA Gov’t: Construction to begin on new fire station for Cockburn
State Government investing $11 million for construction of new Cockburn Fire Station Modern station will feature three vehicle bays, improved training facilities and future expansion capacity to accommodate population growth Perth's southern suburbs will soon [...]
WA Gov’t: State’s top emergency services cadets and their mentors honoured
Cadets and instructors awarded for outstanding contribution to emergency services 2,200 students and 220 instructors involved in State-wide school-based program training volunteer leaders of the future Young volunteers from Tom Price Senior High School, who [...]
WA Gov’t: Council heralds new approach to bushfire management in WA
New State Bushfire Advisory Council held its inaugural meeting today The Council will provide advice to the State Government on bushfire management Diverse membership ensures all peak bodies involved in bushfire management have a say [...]
Can you help? Help us test some yet to be released technology
Are you a currently registered volunteer at a Western Australian Bush Fire Brigade? Do you own an Apple or Android smartphone? We've been asked to find some beta testers for a new technology due to [...]
Can your business help? Show you care and list a discount for our amazing volunteers
As the peak body for the incredible 20,000+ registered members of Western Australia's Volunteer Bush Fire Service, we have been working hard to develop new ways for local communities to support and recognise our amazing [...]
Mt Helena Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade and Breathing Apparatus (BA)
Unfortunately, it has become a horribly political discussion but the Association has long advocated for Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades to be able to access Breathing Apparatus (BA) under ESL if there is a need and [...]
Apply now: Bushfire Volunteers Communication and Media Manager
Position title: Communications and Media Manager Initial salary: $70,000 PA (+ mobile device and car/allowance) Term: 4-month contract with possibility of extension Location: Belmont, Western Australia Important background and context Bushfire Volunteers (a [...]
Timely reminder from Rosa Brook Volunteer Bushfire Brigade
We saw a lovely poem from a firefighter reflecting on "the summer just passed" today and took a very deep breath! While the calendar might be telling us summer has gone, we know that last [...]
ABC: BlazeAid needs more volunteers to help bushfire recovery, sees solution in paying backpackers
Garry Wilson and Rob Golgini are leading the call for more volunteers. (ABC Rural: Cara Jeffery) Grey nomads cannot do all the heavy lifting when it comes to rebuilding fences in bushfire-affected country; [...]
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 firefighters who died tackling a bushfire in southern NSW has revealed their Lockheed C-130’s left wing clipped a tree before crashing into the ground and [...]
Augusta Margaret River Times: Bushfire leaders jump on brigade-DFES discussion
The Shire’s bushfire hierarchy has moved to reverse a request by two fellow brigades seeking direct administration by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. An item introduced late to last Wednesday’s Bushfire Advisory Committee [...]
After almost 60 years, Jacup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade gets a home
If it's true that good things take time, the women and men of the Jacup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade are evidently angels! There really isn't much more to say than what the DFES media team [...]
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 be a grave mistake, warn Australian climate scientists. More than 30 people have been killed and thousands of properties destroyed since out-of-control bushfires broke out [...]
WA Gov’t: Joint media statement – Support for West Australian bushfire wildlife and habitat recovery
Urgent work to protect animals such as the critically endangered western ground parrot are among the priority Western Australian Government projects being supported by the Morrison Government's initial $50 million wildlife and habitat recovery package. [...]
Bunbury Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade school visit – diverse and invaluable
We have said it a thousand times - the value of the incredible 20,000+ women and men of Western Australia's Volunteer Bush Fire Service goes well beyond putting the wet stuff on the hot stuff. [...]
Busselton Mail: DFES commissioner visits Yallingup
Phil Brandrett, DFES Lower South West Regional Superintendent; Peter Campbell, District Bushfire Ready Facilitator; Ron Edwards, Chair, State Emergency Management Committee; Darren Klemm, DFES Commissioner; Bushfire Ready Street Coordinator Stacey Lange; Bushfire Ready co-Facilitator [...]
RACGP: Calls for national action on bushfire smoke health impact
Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra all experienced compromised air quality through the bushfires. Researchers believe an independent expert committee would give evidence-based, accurate and consistent advice on bushfire smoke and air pollution. The calls [...]
Bedfordale Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade fundraiser a hit!
The women and men of Western Australia's largest emergency service are truly incredible people. And none more than the tireless team at Bedfordale Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade. As well as doing all the important things every [...]