The Mandarin: We need to get better at learning how to learn from bushfires
Below is an interesting article recently published by our friends [...]
Dept of Premier and Cabinet: re Wooroloo fire inquiry
On the back of feedback from various volunteers who attended [...]
The West: Perth Hills horror bushfire threat downgraded to watch and act
Image of the efforts of DFES battling the Wooroloo [...]
State Gov’t: Extended outage payment doubles for those affected by bushfire
State Government doubles extended outage payment from $80 to $160 [...]
ECHO News: Doubts for new south-east career fire station promise
The Kalamunda Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service is one [...]
ABC: Fears bigger workload being pushed onto volunteers as career firefighters told to cut back on overtime
Association note: For the record, the association met with the [...]
ABC: NSW Government accepts all 76 bushfire inquiry recommendations
Key points: The inquiry analysed NSW's approach to last season's [...]
QLD Country Life: Queensland’s rural firies push for fire service restructure
Hosed down: Queensland's Fire and Emergency Services has hosed [...]
South Western Times: $13.4M DFES centre and fire truck building facility to be built in Collie
A new $13.4 million Department of Fire and Emergency Services [...]
ABC: Queensland Government use of QFES funding to cover COVID-19 expenses questioned
Key points: Concerns include that up to $20 million of [...]
WA Gov’t: New emergency management powers to combat COVID-19
Emergency Management Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Bill 2020 passes through both [...]
The Australian: Daniel Andrews throws spanner into bushfire royal commission
‘Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’s spokesman said: “We continue to [...]
QWN: Sean L’Estrange to Premier McGowan re Coronavirus
The following Question Without Notice was asked by the Opposition [...]
Calling artists with big “Bushfire Volunteers” concepts
We're not yet sure how the artists and designs will [...]
DFES: Smoking ceremony and turning of the sod prepares Centre of Excellence site
The impending construction of the Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE) [...]
Dave Gossage interviewed by radio 6PR’s Oliver Peterson on PerthLive
The State Bushfire Volunteers President is calling WA the leader [...]
Tumut and Adelong Times: RFS Commissioner the people’s pick
As a host of high profile politicians poured into the [...]
Illawarra Mercury: Three dead after firefighting plane crashes in Snowy Monaro region
The Coulson Aviation Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules N134CG 'Zeus' that [...]
Premier Mark McGowan consults on volunteer compensation plans
After Bushfire Volunteers wrote to Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan [...]
WA Gov’t: Large air tanker on the way to boost WA’s fire response
New MD87 large air tanker (LAT) is expected to arrive [...]
The West: Heroes Welcome / The Concerns of a Captain
Below are two excellent articles that appeared in today's The [...]
Bushfire Volunteers responds to Gov’t compensation for Volunteers announcement
The peak body for Western Australia's 20,000+ registered volunteers of [...]
Coast Live FM: Interim Bushfire Centre of Excellence opens in Pinjarra
Outside the interim Bushfire Centre of Excellence facility in [...]
WA Gov’t: $125 million investment in new WA-built firefighting appliances
Two new contracts valued at $125 million awarded to manufacture [...]
Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment wins $125m contract; expands to Collie
The peak body for WA's 26,000 Bushfire Volunteers has congratulated [...]