A tug-of-war has erupted over the location of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) headquarters. NSW Farmers wants the agency to move from Sydney to the Central West when its lease ends in 2018, but the RFS hierarchy has made its city-centric preference clear.
Fire lessons lost in smoke
NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott is due to respond to the Coonabarabran (Wambelong) fire inquiry by August 20, but agricultural bodies, fire service groups, and academics are split on how the state government should best apply the recommendations.
Are we spending enough on our fire trails?
At a recent Group Captains meeting, the topic of fire trail maintenance was heavily discussed.
The general consensus was that we used to achieve a whole lot more fire trail maintenance than we do now.
Firies Walk for Life
Mick Gillis and fellow NSW RFS Fire Fighter, Jeff Jackson are fundraising to support Cancer Council NSW on their mission to defeat cancer.
The Volunteer Fire Fighter Magazine Vol 7 No 1
If you have a free VFFA magazine subscription then you should already have received your copy of the winter edition by now. Don’t despair…. You have a few options: Sign up for a free VFFA membership. Full membership is open
Do we really have 70,000 Volunteers?
Sure, there may be 70,000+ on the books but ask any NSW RFS Brigade how many active firefighters or even active members they have compared to the numbers of people on the books then you might begin to realise the enormity of this allusionary figure.
Volunteers are keen to catch up with the new Minister
A letter was sent to the new Minister for Emergency Services, The Hon. David Elliott, MP on the 6th April, 2015.
It was prepared by the VFFA Vice President, Brian Williams and it provided the Minister with an overview of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, a congratulatory welcome message and a request for the VFFA representatives to meet with him at his earliest convenience.
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015
Six NSW RFS members were awarded Australian Fire Service Medals this (2015) Queen’s Birthday holiday.
Congratulations to Elaine Robinson AFSM.
The Executive & Members offer our hearty congratulations to Elaine Robinson on her award of the AFSM on the Queen’s Birthday Holiday 2015.
Disaster relief funds may have ended up in pockets of NSW RFS employees, ICAC hears
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funding for disaster relief may have ended up in the pockets of New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) employees, a corruption inquiry in Sydney has been told.