The RFS is Not Listening
Published: 02 September 2014 on the 2ST web page. Blue or Yellow Shirts for RFS Volunteers? In recent times there’s has been a great deal of angst amonst RFS volunteers about the yellow shirts...
View ArticleFirefighters appalled by Coonabarabran bushfire management
By Joanna Woodburn Updated 15 Sep 2014, 2:34pm The National Parks and Wildlife Service should be stripped of its firefighting responsibilities, a volunteer firefighters group has told a parliamentary...
View ArticleThe Alarming Truth
Don’t miss 60 Minutes tomorrow night (19th Oct 2014) on Channel 9 at 7:30pm. “It was Australia’s worst ever house fire. Eight children from two families died. But it should never have happened. Why...
View ArticleNSW Bushfires to cost $800m by 2050
SBS reported that Bushfires in NSW will cost more than $800 million by 2050, according to Deloitte Access Economic data. 21st October 2014. The financial burden of bushfires in NSW will more than...
View ArticleResponse to ‘Black Sunday’ fires one of the worst we’ve seen, Firefighters say
By Paul Bibby, Court Reporter, November 10, 2014 The attempt to control the “Black Sunday” bushfires that destroyed scores of homes and thousands of animals in northern NSW last year was described by...
View ArticleSenior RFS officers ignored advice on back burning Black Sunday fire, inquest...
By Paul Bibby, Court Reporter, November 11, 2014 Rural Fire Service officers in charge of combating a fire chose to try a risky back-burning operation during the 2013 “Black Sunday'” bushfire, despite...
View ArticleClimate Change or Poor Land Management
Before you make up your mind on the climate change debate and the connection between the climate and bushfires, have a listen to this interview. Alan Jones speaks with the former head of Greenpeace, Dr...
View ArticleRanger says he warned against back-burning during Coonabarabran bushfire...
By Claire Aird, 12 Nov 2014. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) made a “very bad decision” by back-burning during last year’s bushfires in north-west New South Wales, an inquest has heard. Deputy state...
View ArticleRFS not told of plans for back-burning during Coonabarabran bushfires –...
By Claire Aird, 12 Nov 2014 The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) was not told of plans for a controversial back-burning operation during last year’s bushfires near Coonabarabran in the state’s...
View ArticleThe battle to make Potato Point safe from bushfires
By Tim Barlass, November 30, 2014. It is a remote clifftop enclave boasting seclusion and enviable views. There is only one blot on the landscape for the 150 or so residents of Potato Point, in...
View ArticleParks won’t give an inch
The VFFA is campaigning to help the Potato Point Community restore the fire break they need. The first of a new series of adverts has been published in The Land newspaper on Thursday 4th December 2014....
View ArticleThe Fire Fight over Potato Point
The second in a series of adverts has been published in The Land newspaper (page 32) on Thursday 11th December 2014. The text reads as follows: The Fire Fight over Potato Point Imagine for a minute...
View ArticleLeave and Live – a Stupid Policy
Former CSIRO fire expert David Packham said political fear following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria had restrained objective analysis and research into bushfire management, and the...
View ArticleHas anything changed?
Councils are sick of working through the muddied waters of the costly RFS administration. The post Has anything changed? appeared first on Volunteer Fire Fighters Association.
View ArticleFire fighter (Peter Cannon) gets a gong
VFFA President, Peter Cannon was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the general division as recognition for his tireless contribution to emergency services as a volunteer bushfire...
View ArticleWA needs more controlled burns
Western Australia needs to have more controlled burns to curb the risk of out-of-control bushfires, the WA premier says. Mr Underwood said Australia was "doomed to savage bushfires" without prescribed...
View ArticleGreen Light for Bushfire Mitigation Projects
NSW National Parks, the Forestry Corporation of NSW and local governments have received more than $2.5 million in funding to support activities to manage bush fire risks. The Bushfire Risk Management...
View ArticlePrime Minister Tony Abbott rewarded for a decade of RFS service
Prime Minister, Tony Abbott was awarded a medal for his volunteer work at Davidson Rural Fire Brigade, where he regularly volunteers. The Daily Telegraph captures the moment with photos and text. The...
View ArticleSay NO to Stuart Ayres
The NSW State Election is your chance to vote out Stuart Ayres, Member for Penrith and Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Your local volunteers have had enough. Mr Ayres is NOT LISTENING to...
View ArticleJackie Kelly backs an inquiry into funding for Bush Fire Volunteers
Many volunteers in bush fire brigades who are busy fundraising for their local brigade are wondering what is happening with the money raised from telephone canvassing and raffles by the Rural Fire...
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