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WA Gov’t: WA firefighters providing much-needed relief for NSW and QLD
WA firefighter taskforce left for QLD today More than 100 WA firefighters have been deployed in last three weeks Another taskforce scheduled to leave tomorrow Exhausted firefighters and emergency service authorities over east have been [...]
The Apsley Advocate: Thank you Firies
With fires threatening homes and property throughout the Walcha district, fire fighters are coming from the other side of the country to assist. WA Department of Fire and Emergency Service’s Strike Team Charlie have travelled [...]
Manjimup-Bridgetown Times: Call to pay volunteer fireys
Fighting a dangerous bushfire season could be made easier if volunteers were paid, according to Manjimup shire president Paul Omodei. Cr Omodei’s comments come following the State Government last week announcing its Get Behind the [...]
Minister’s Statement: Metropolitan pre-season forum
The following statement was read into Parliament by the Hon Fran Logan MLA, Emergency Services Minister today. Thank you Minister for making yourself available. FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES — BUSHFIRE SEASON Statement by Minister for [...]
Big news: Sponsored accommodation for Bushfire Games teams
Two bits of excellent news about our first ever Bushfire Games / Mining Emergency Response Competition even on Langley Park: We’ve been able to secure sponsored twin-share accommodation for team members competing at the Bushfire [...]
WA Gov’t: Volunteer Emergency Services leaders meet to prepare for busy summer
Hundreds of emergency services volunteers gathered in Perth for pre-season briefing Most comprehensive and wide-ranging pre-season forum to date, with 2019 marking the first year Marine Rescue have attended As West Australian communities battled emergency [...]
Sponsorship Opportunities: Bushfire Volunteer Recruitment Week 2020
The peak body for Western Australia's 20,000+ registered Western Australian Bush Fire Service volunteers has today declared that the first Monday in May each year will mark the beginning of its "Bushfire Volunteers Recruitment Week", [...]
Can you help? Architect/Building designer needed
Well, what an incredible first 24 hours of the Market Sounding we published yesterday calling for expressions of interest from Local Governments, Corporations and Philanthropists who might like to help us build our world-leading Bushfire [...]
WA Gov’t: Nominations now open for WA’s 2020 Multicultural Awards
The simple fact is Western Australian Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades do a s#$% load more than protect people and property from the immediate dangers of fire. We know - and it's about time the rest [...]
Ambitious plan for world-leading Bushfire Volunteers Heritage and Education Centre
Bushfire Volunteers has today published a Market Sounding for Expressions of Interest from Local Governments, Corporations and Philanthropists for support to create our ambitious Bushfire Volunteers Heritage and Education Centre (BVHEC). The document invites contact [...]
WA Gov’t: ‘Get Behind the Frontline’ to help our emergency services
The Association is disappointed that it was yet again not invited to attend the launch of a campaign that we donated almost 100 hours to help DFES develop. From the news reports on TV, it [...]
WA Gov’t: Employers celebrated for their support of WA’s emergency services
Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards 2019 celebrates employers of emergency services volunteers from across the State Awards recognise employers paying staff for volunteer training, and donations of materials, skills and funds Almost 80 businesses, organisations and [...]
Kalgoorlie Miner: Esperance fighting for off-road fire vehicles
Fires near Esperance in 2015. Credit: WA News, Mogens Johansen, The West Australian The Shire of Esperance will lobby for firefighting vehicles with all-terrain capability amid fears the current fleet is putting lives [...]
Wanneroo Times: Bushfire crews preparing for dry conditions this bushfire season
Wanneroo chief bush fire control officer Paul Postma (centre) with Quinns Rocks Bush Fire Brigade and Wanneroo Fire Support Brigade volunteers Bill Knijf, of Beldon, Ray York, of Sinagra, Tara Andrews, of Butler, Terri [...]
Bunbury VFRS share important knowledge with Bush Fire Cadets
We all know it: the specialist skills of the Volunteer Bush Fire Service, Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service and State Emergency Service serve the Western Australian community extremely well. Each individual volunteer stream have deep [...]
ABC: ‘Disastrous’ funding process blamed for 10-year wait on specialised SES equipment
Key points: WA's SES Volunteer Association says it has waited 10 years for better climate gear for specialist operations in WA's south SES groups say they have regular call-outs to places like Bluff Knoll where [...]
Farm Weekly: State pumps $35m into bushfire funding
THE State government has committed $35 million towards bush fire mitigation on Crown land in an effort to reduce the possibility of a severe fire this season. Emergency Services Minister Francis Logan said with summer [...]
ABC Esperance radio interview with Blake Halford, Gibson VBFB
ABC Esperance journalist Emily Smith interviewed Gibson Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Captain Blake Halford this morning about the motion the local BFAC moved to call on the Local Government to lobby for fit-for-purpose vehicles for [...]
Collie Mail: Locals urged to prepare
As the weather heats up and winter rains come to an end, the Collie community is being encouraged to start preparing for bushfire season early. Officially beginning November 1, The Department of Fire and Emergency [...]
QWN: Hon Colin De Grussa to the Emergency Services Minister re Legislation review
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Hon Colin de Grussa MLC and answered today in Parliament by the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC on behalf of the Emergency Services Minister Hon Fran Logan [...]