WA: A dire bushfire season ahead: how will it be tackled? The United Firefighters Union WA Secretary Graeme Geer says the Union has called for 13 medium tankers. "The next thing is to make sure that the career fire and rescue services have got enough resources on the days when they need them."
Qld: Fail In August, the Queensland Auxiliary Firefighter Association (QAFA) applied to register as a Union; two months later, it discontinued that application. This comes as no surprise to the United Firefighters Union as we knew that the application did not comply with the requirements of the Industrial Relations Act.
UK: Women firefighters lobby MPs
Women firefighters are lobbying MPs over the Government’s controversial pension reforms, which they say will hit women harder.
UK: FBU says take hybrid vehicles out of service
South Yorkshire fire crews have asked for the controversial new CARP
(Combined Aerial Rescue Pump) vehicles - a cross between a traditional
fire engine and a high-reach rescue platform - to be taken out of
service until a full investigation into serious safety failures has been
completed.
Canada: Court order on safety regulations It was the second time in less than 12 hours that firefighters have toured the Occupy Vancouver site at the Vancouver Art Gallery...
A Queensland firefighter's case before the state's Industrial relations Commission is highlighting the issue of workers with epilepsy.