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Sitrep 04/2022

January 13, 2022

FBEU AND FRNSW MEET TO DISCUSS AWARD NEGOTIATIONS The FBEU and FRNSW met today to discuss parameters for negotiations for both the Permanent and Retained Awards. The FBEU have been requesting FRNSW’s bargaining parameters for some months now however FRNSW […]

Sitrep 03/2022

January 12, 2022

Public Health Order Exemption On 9 January, the State Government identified firefighters and other critical workers as being exempt from clauses 7A and 8 of the Public Health Order relating to the 7 day self-isolation from household and other close contacts. Read […]

Sitrep 01/2022

January 4, 2022

FRNSW Dodges COVID Responsibility The festive period has seen COVID-19 run rampant across the state, across our worksites, and many other front-line worksites. For FRNSW, the result has been mass staff shortages, attempts to reduce minimum crewing, a lack of […]

Sitrep 42/2021

August 6, 2021

COVID update As most members would be aware Newcastle and the lower Hunter were added to the Greater Sydney Region lockdown area. The current restrictions for Members working in these areas can be found here. https://fbeu.net/2021/08/06/6-august-covid-update/ All other areas are […]

Code Red Update 19 July 2021

July 19, 2021

Code Red Update In recent days, we have received calls from members who are being targeted by FRNSW for complying with our Code Red. These members are reporting to a station closest to their residence, only to be turned away […]

Code Red

July 19, 2021

CODE RED 18 July 2021 In light of the escalating restrictions being placed on the community, the following instructions will apply to the Greater Sydney Area (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas and referred […]

Sitrep 36/2021

July 10, 2021

Updated COVID-19 Instructions Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working with FRNSW to find a way through the issues members face in safely performing their jobs during the most recent COVID-19 outbreak. We were aiming to be able to publish […]

Sitrep 35/2021

July 9, 2021

Award Update 24s Update HSR Briefings Back On Award Update As reported in our last update, our Award application was subject to a day of conciliation at the end of May followed by three days of arbitration. During conciliation, we […]

Sitrep 34/2021

June 30, 2021

COVID-19 Restrictions Code Red Remains in Place While we are committed to working with the Department to ensure the communities we serve and FBEU members stay safe, firefighter safety is non-negotiable. The current Code Red was issued in response to […]