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Botany Fire Station, which is just three kilometres from the Caltex terminal, was closed when a major fuel leak occurred early this morning, the Fire Brigade Employees’ Union has revealed.

Firefighters back SARAH Group to strengthen road safety around accidents The Fire Brigade Employees’ Union has backed a family-led campaign to strengthen road safety around breakdown sites, following two tragic and unnecessary deaths on the Hume Highway in February.

MANAGEMENT RENEGES ON AGREEMENT, CLOSES FIRE STATIONS ACROSS THE STATE The union representing professional fire fighters is desperately trying to hold Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) to an existing agreement providing light duties positions for injured firefighters who are unable to perform operational duties. Fire Brigade Employees' Union (FBEU) NSW Secretary Jim Casey said FRNSW management seemed determined to force an industrial dispute, upping the ante overnight by closing 25 fire stations across the state rather than pay fire fighters overtime to keep them open.

FIRIES CALL ON NSW GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FIRST RATE PROTECTION The Fire Brigade Employees' Union has called on the NSW Government to ensure firefighters who develop cancer through work are properly looked after.

Hundreds of professional firefighters will take strike action tomorrow across Sydney in protest at State Government plans to slash public sector wages and conditions.

' Time for new state government to commit to funding full time fire protection for regional communities The fire fighters union is today calling on the NSW State Government to commit to a timeline for funding full time fire protection for the major regional communities of Bathurst and Nowra. Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU) NSW State President Darin Sullivan said that the two regional centres deserved staffing enhancements to provide full time fire protection.

Brigade abandoning front line fire fighters Firefighters have been left to fight blazes without basic equipment like back-up air cylinders, because the brigade has welched on a deal to properly staff support vehicles.

Improved fire protection for Batemans Bay, Ballina, Nelson Bay, Maitland and Cessnock communities after firies win enhanced staffing Fire protection for communities around Batemans Bay, Ballina, Nelson Bay, Maitland and Cessnock will be substantially enhanced later this year when their […]

Firies call for mandatory 40 kph zones at accident scenes following fire truck/ bus accident fiasco yesterday