Wages & Conditions

Permanent Award

The Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Firefighting Staff) Award 2008 (covering permanent firefighter members) was ratified by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on 19 September 2008 and takes effect from 20 June 2008 until 17 June 2011.

Associated with this Award are a number of Relieving Matrices. Click on the area name to download a pdf version of the appropriate matrix:

Previous Permanent Awards

Below are copies of permanent awards previously posted to this site. These documents are all Acrobat files (pdf).


Retained Award

The Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Retained Firefighting Staff) Interim Award 2008  was ratified by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on 19 September 2008, and takes effect from 18 June 2008 until 17 June 2011.

Previous Retained Awards

Below are copies of retained awards previously posted to this site. These documents are all Acrobat files (pdf).


Death & Disability Award

The Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Firefighting Staff Death and Disability) Award 2009 (covering permanent and retained firefighter members) was ratified by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on 1 April 2009, following an application made by the Union and takes effect from 22 March 2009 until 21 March 2011.

Previous D&D Award

Below is a copy of the D&D awards previously posted to this site.

The Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Firefighting Staff Death and Disability) Award 2003 operated from 21 March 2003 until 25 February 2007.

The Crown Employees (NSW Fire Brigades Firefighting Staff Death and Disability) Award 2006 operated from 26 February 2007 until 21 March 2009.

Meal & Travel Allowances

Below is a copy of the current meal and travel allowances effective on and from 1 Jul 2009.


If you are unable to open the .pdf (Acrobat) documents referred to above, you can click on this link to download Acrobat Reader for free.

Members who are still unable to access the document should email the Union at office@fbeu.net.