It goes without saying that our firefighters cannot escape some degree of work in elevated / hot conditions. As firefighters we put a range of control measures in place including: PPE / PPC that provides some degree of thermal protection.
Firefighter Cancer & Presumptive Legislation
The Commonwealth Act titled “Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988” includes a statutory presumption that relates to a person who develops a listed cancer after being employed as a firefighter for a qualifying period. It is deemed (without proof) that their employment as a
The 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 you’re a resident of Potato
Female PPC
Some recent feedback suggested that the VFFA should take a look at our Personal Protective Clothing (PPC) to see if it is suitable for our female firefighters. Initial discussions with some of the ladies in my patch (The Monaro Team)
Battery Powered Brigades
By Laurie Edebohls, Secretary Nerrigundah RFB. Cartoon by Roger Harvey. Small volunteer organisations such as fire brigades have many things in common with batteries. They have a positive element, a negative element and electrolyte in the middle – The doers, the
Parks 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. The text reads as
Strike Teams – Balancing Risk and What We Do
This content appeared in an article that was sent to us from one of our friends in the CFA. We are not sure who the original author is, but we wanted to share it with other volunteer firefighters because it
Firefighting and WHS in New South Wales
This content was added by Michael Eburn on his Australian Emergency Law Blog on November 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm. The question was originally posted as a comment on the post ‘Firefighting and WHS in South Australia’ (14 November 2014).
We Want Our Blue Shirts Back
The RFS Commissioner doesn’t care and Minister, Stuart Ayres isn’t interested. The Volunteers have spoken loudly about the removal of access to purchasing the Blue Shirts that they have worn for years. Earlier this year the RFS stopped another group from selling
Now That’s Refreshing
I was checking into a motel in Nyngan ,when I noticed that a VFFA sticker had been applied to the drinks fridge. The motel managers were very supportive of all NSW FRS Volunteers and the work that the VFFA is