State (kind of) mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for emergency service volunteers
Let's be very clear upfront - the Bushfire Volunteers association [...]
Celebrating Mental Health Week 2021
Mental Health Week is being celebrated from 9-16 October this [...]
R U OK? Day 2021 – Are they really OK? Ask them today
R U OK? is a harm prevention charity that encourages [...]
WA Gov’t: $2.2 million emergency services complex for Gingin
New home for Gingin Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS) [...]
Minister Whitby: Bedfordale Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Station
The Minister for Emergency Services and Volunteers Hon Reece Whitby [...]
WA Gov’t: Baldivis volunteer firefighters benefit from new fire truck
Hon Reece Whitby MLA, Minister for Emergency Services; Racing [...]
Examiner Newspapers: New era in fire fighting
Association note: As the Examiner Newspaper article below explains, the [...]
WA Gov’t: New $11 million fire station in Cockburn fully operational
Hon Reece Whitby MLA, Minister for Emergency Services; Racing [...]
State Govt: Construction complete on Cockburn’s new $11 million Fire Station
State-of-the-art station features three vehicle bays, improved training facilities and [...]
Success: Thermal Imaging Cameras to be equally available to Bush Fire Brigades
The association has worked long and hard for many years [...]
Success: Number of PPE sets to be equally available to Bush Fire Volunteers
The association has worked long and hard for many years [...]
ECHO News: Doubts for new south-east career fire station promise
The Kalamunda Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service is one [...]
Success: Portable fridge/freezers to be removed from “ineligible” ESL list
The association has worked long and hard for many years [...]
Bushfire Volunteers launches first of its kind Podcast
First-of-its-kind podcast launched to share the real stories of the [...]
State Gov’t: New firefighters join the frontline including more female officers
Ceremony for two firefighter schools, 84 and 85, after COVID [...]
Bushfire Volunteers Western Power grant delivers new FLIR thermal camera to Burekup Bush Fire Brigade
Bushfire Volunteers Executive Officer Darren Brown delivering a new [...]
State Gov’t: Yanchep firefighters to get $914,000 of modern updates to fire station (VFRS)
Yanchep Fire Station will undergo significant renovations to improve facilities [...]
Bushfire Volunteers: Presidents’ Tales from the road
Dave Gossage AFSM President of Bushfire Volunteers, the peak body [...]
A much needed update: Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
After two and a half years of hard work from [...]
WA Gov’t: Hundreds of life-saving devices rolled out across the State
NOTE: The association is extremely proud to have secured the [...]
WA Gov’t: New $1.5 million station for Broome Regional Bush Fire Brigade
$1.29 million Emergency Services Levy contribution to build the station [...]
The Examiner: Funding win for firies
Construction of the long-awaited Bedfordale Fire Station will soon begin [...]
QWN: Hon Dr Steve Thomas MLC to Minister for Emergency Services re ESL revenue
The following Question Without Notice was asked on behalf of [...]
DFES refusal to provide ESL transparency forces cancellation of regional Bush Fire Volunteers Convention & Exhibition
The peak body for Western Australia’s largest emergency service has [...]
Land value (and therefore ESL) falls 8%
The State Budget is still weeks away but the association [...]