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Dwellingup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade’s Friday night – protecting our community
Like thousands of others across our great State, the awesome team at the Dwellingup Volunteer Bush fire Brigade didn't spend their Friday night in front of the TV or at a party with friends. Instead [...]
Coondle-Nunile Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade short but VERY sweet post says it all
Everyone knows we love our incredible 20,000+ Bushfire Volunteers. But maybe something that we don't often get to share is the deep appreciation the association has for the hundreds of thousands of families, friends, employers [...]
ABC Sum of All Parts: How we evacuate
How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW. When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to [...]
Statement by Member for Darling Range, Alyssa Hayden MLA
The following statement was read into WA State Parliament today by the Member for Darling Range, Alyssa Hayden MLA. Thank you Alyssa for recognising some of our amazing volunteers. BUSHFIRES: Statement by Member for Darling Range [...]
Federal Gov’t: National Royal Commission into Black Summer Bushfires established
A national Royal Commission into Australia’s devastating Black Summer bushfires will be established following agreement from the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd). The Morrison Government has today released the [...]
$70,000 ESL tender for Bushfire Centre of Excellence artwork – Bush Fire Brigade members encouraged to apply
WWL The State Government has published this Expression of Interest for Public Art overnight confirming that $69,300 of ESL will be spent on public art for the Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE). As [...]
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 in New York City, thanking firefighters for their heroic efforts over this horror bushfire season. The billboard flips between two screens. One is a thank [...]
QWN: Dr Steve Thomas to Minister re Bushfire Centre of Excellence Percent for Art
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Hon Dr Steve Thomas MLC and answered yesterday by the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC on behalf of the Emergency Services Minister, Hon Fran Logan MLA. It [...]
Can you help: Lower Chittering Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade needs kids games and activities
Here's the thing - they often need many things themselves - both personally and as a Brigade - but what we find time after time is that the amazing 20,000+ registered women and men of [...]
The Australian: Bushfires: watchdog calls for rethink on bushfire fuel-load reduction
Inspector-General of Emergency Management Alistair Dawson says, ‘it is critically important that we don’t keep on thinking that if we did this 10 years ago, therefore it must be right’. Picture: News Regional Media [...]
The Lead: Satellite group targets bushfire disaster and clean water
Bushfire disasters and satellite water monitoring are crucial targets in new projects announced by Australia’s largest ever space research program. The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre based in South Australia today announced some of the first [...]
Glen Innes Examiner: Close the RFS? Greens politician says fire services need reform
An interesting article below from our friends at the Glen Innes Examiner in NSW today. Tell us what you think of the idea of merging all fire services into one? Torrington was still in [...]
Farm Weekly: Farmers call for more government support
Concerned farmers attended a meeting at Newdegate last week, where they have asked for the State government to deliver better solutions to fire mitigation and water supply. FARMERS attending a high-level WAFarmers meeting [...]
ABC: Bushfire shelter for personal and crew use prototype sails through 800C testing
PHOTO: Chris Probert invented a bushfire shelter that promises to save the lives of firefighters at the front. (ABC Great Southern: Mark Bennett) Key points: The shelter called a Shadrach was subjected to [...]
Wanneroo Fire Support Brigade adds value all round
A truly extraordinary group of people. In this case, we're talking about the team at the invaluable Wanneroo Fire Support Brigade, but it applies to a group of essential service volunteers in just about every [...]
Coles Group gift provides essential supplies for Roelands/Olive Hill Combined Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
The amazing team at the Roelands/Olive Hill Combined Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade have managed to squeeze in a bit of shopping and share some photos of the valuable supplies the Brigade has purchased with the [...]
Premier’s Statement replies: Margaret Quirk MLA
State Parliament returned after the long summer break last week and the Premier's Statement (the traditional free-range debate at the beginning of each new year) saw many Members include supportive messages for our incredible emergency [...]
Fire Fight Australia live broadcast on free-to-air TV
Fire Fight Australia concert for national bushfire relief A truly astonishing line-up of talent have donated their time to perform at the Fire Fight Australia concert at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney tomorrow [...]
Weekend Australian: Bushfires: fireys say donations no excuse for government to cut funding
Rural Fire Service Shoalhaven district manager Mark Williams in the supply room at Nowra on the NSW south coast. Picture: Nikki Short The union representing NSW volunteer firefighters says it remains concerned government [...]
Kalgoorlie Miner: Pollies scrap over inferno
Bushfires near the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway near Norseman. Photo: Kalgoorlie Miner The alleged politicisation of the Goldfields bushfires in January sparked an intense firefight during the first week back of WA Parliament for 2020. [...]