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Manjimup-Bridgetown Times: Fire cash boon
Lower South West local governments are fired up about community safety, following last week’s announcement of their share in $5.5 million for bushfire risk mitigation. Manjimup Shire Council will receive $395,600 to carry out 48 [...]
Just another heart-warming reminder from the crew at Lower Chittering VBFB
This is the stuff that keeps us going when things look a bit grim. Take a look at the recent Facebook post from the Lower Chittering Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade below: It's not just our [...]
Calling artists with big “Bushfire Volunteers” concepts
We're not yet sure how the artists and designs will be chosen, but if you or someone you know would like to pitch for funding to paint a mural with a "Bushfire Volunteers" theme, please [...]
Mandurah Mail: Australia’s first Bushfire Centre of Excellence under construction in Peel
The Peel region will be home to Australia's first Bushfire Centre of Excellence after the first sod was turned at the site last week. Construction will now officially commence on the $18 million purpose-built centre [...]
Has your Brigade registered for its $500 Coles Gift Card?
Just before Christmas, the Coles Group generously decided to donate a $500 gift card to Australian Volunteer Bush (and Rural/Country) Fire Brigades as a thank you for the work our amazing volunteers give. Understandably [...]
Free tickets to NRL Club Nines for Bushfire Volunteers
As a thank you for the work you do in the community, the NRL would like to offer WA Bushfire Volunteers staff and personnel the opportunity to secure four complimentary tickets to NRL Club Nines [...]
Kalbarri VFRS post says it all – many colours are what makes rainbows beautiful!
We saw the fantastic photo and comment below posted by our cousins at the Kalbarri VFRS on Facebook yesterday and thought the key message was very important to share: Many colours, one job! Something like [...]
South Western Times: Collie volunteer firey awarded medal for 50 years of service
Terry Hunter knows the bush like the back of his hand — the smell of the eucalypts, the sound of the birds, the colour of the sand. He also knows how quickly it can all [...]
Footage from Sea Dog TV’s ‘Bushfire Wars’ gives valuable insight
Our friends at Sea Dog TV International continue their great work in sharing some of the incredible work that happens on a fire ground and behind the scenes for their TV series "Bushfire Wars". Take [...]
Kalamunda Bush Fire Volunteers have our backs before, during AND after!
Thank goodness for Emergency Services Volunteers! As you can see by the Facebook post from our incredible Kalamunda Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade below, being there for the community as a volunteer means not just turning [...]
DFES: Smoking ceremony and turning of the sod prepares Centre of Excellence site
The impending construction of the Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE) facility scheduled to start in February 2020 has been celebrated with a traditional smoking ceremony and turning of the sod. Attendees included Western Australian Premier [...]
Mumbrella: ‘Nothing can prepare you for it’
‘Nothing can prepare you for it’: Sydney Morning Herald photographers on covering the Australian bushfire crisis from the front-line Nick Moir and Wolter Peeters are two Walkley-winning photographers who have been covering Australia’s raging bushfire [...]
WA Today: Ask any firefighter: Prescribed burning mitigates bushfire losses
Considerable publicity is being given to an article by Byron Lamont and Tianhua He titled 'Why prescribed burns don’t stop wildfires'. Professor Lamont and Dr He are academics from Curtin University in Western Australia, the former [...]
ABC: Bushfire survivors call for more fire preparedness support for people with disabilities
Key points: Tom and Lynn Armington lost their house, cars and pets in a 2014 Perth bushfire They would like fire authorities to create a register of all at-risk people Disability advocates are calling for [...]
Terri Kowal presented with Bunbury Citizen of the Year
For all those who know her, it wouldn't come as a great surprise that Bunbury Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Captain Terri Kowal was presented with the City of Bunbury Citizen of the Year award today. [...]
ABC Radio interview with Secretary/Treasurer Lorraine Webster and EO Darren Brown
The Bushfire Volunteer team were up and about early as usual today and two of them started their official duties with a visit to the ABC Perth studios. Saturday breakfast presenter Christine Layton had a [...]
Queensland Country Life: Bushfire management is best left to locals – Littleproud
LOCAL knowledge will be the key ingredient to future bushfire management and mitigation, according to Federal MP David Littleproud. Following a listening tour of the fire-affected Yeppoon region in Central Queensland, Mr Littleproud, whose various [...]
Opinion: Why we need a Royal Commission into Bushfires
Back in primary school there was a game (for want of a much better word) colloquially known as “pile on”. For those fortunate enough to have never witnessed it, the rules were that when a kid [...]
Dave Gossage interviewed by radio 6PR’s Oliver Peterson on PerthLive
The State Bushfire Volunteers President is calling WA the leader in bush fire mitigation. Dave Gossage believes the extra funding to Parks and Wildlife has meant WA has been able to prevent major fuel loads [...]
Geraldton Guardian: Crews fight Karloo fire
A bushfire in Karloo this week was at one point declared out of control as authorities warned it posed a possible threat to homes and lives. Moonyoonooka Bush Fire Brigade busy at the scene [...]