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IRC AWARD ARBITRATION DECISION – UPDATE Following Sitrep 27/2025, the FBEU has this week continued to meet with FRNSW to review the implications and practical application of various aspects of the IRC’s Award decision. These meetings will continue regularly as […]

IRC AWARD ARBITRATION DECISION – FURTHER STEPS Further to yesterday’s Sitrep we continue to review and consider the impact of the decision issued yesterday by the IRC. For those who have taken the time to read it in full, as […]

IRC AWARD ARBITRATION DECISION This morning the IRC handed down its decision in our Award Arbitration for all three Awards after five months of deliberation. Respect, Protect, Value your firefighters was the message members took the NSW Government. Our Log […]

PRESUMPTIVE CANCER BILL IN THE NSW PARLIAMENT Earlier this week, the NSW Opposition tabled a bill in support of expanding the existing list of occupational cancers covered by NSW presumptive cancer legislation. On Wednesday, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, The […]

SAFE WORK NSW ISSUE PIN ON FRNSW SAFETY FAILURES As noted in Sitrep 23/2025, the FBEU recently engaged Safe Work NSW on matters relating to FRNSW’s failure to coordinate meetings of the State Health & Safety Committee (SHSC), depriving members […]

ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT POLICY (AMP) CODE RED Permanent Firefighters are reminded that the February 2024 CODE RED concerning the FRNSW AMP remains in place. Effective immediately, all Permanent Firefighters are instructed to not engage in any AMP processes until otherwise instructed […]

Published 18 July 2025 QFD PROSECUTION OVER FIREFIGHTER FATALITY   Members will recall from SitRep 24/2023 the tragic loss of Queensland Comrade and First Class Firefighter Izzy Nash, who was killed while attending a factory fire at Slacks Creek. The passing of […]

FRNSW’S ‘TANKER STRATEGY’ FRNSW’s ‘tanker strategy’ – discussed here in Sitrep 20/2025 – has continued to bewilder union officials this week as FRNSW blundered their way through yet another consultation meeting. From what the FBEU can decipher, FRNSW is seeking […]

FRNSW’S ‘TANKER STRATEGY’ Members will be aware that in the Commissioner’s Updates from 27 June, FRNSW published the article ‘Selected on-call stations transitioning to tankers’. The ‘tanker strategy’, as it’s being referred to internally, is the latest in a series […]

AWARD UPDATE As most members would know, earlier this year the FBEU put forward an extensive legal case in support of our Award log of claims. This included evidence from 39 witnesses across our ranks supporting our claims. While both […]

$17 MILLION FLEET FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT Last Sunday’s pre-budget announcement of $17 million for FRNSW fleet replacements comes in response to consistent campaigning from the FBEU concerning the department’s ageing fleet. This funding, allocated over two years, will primarily target the […]

CODE RED – Relieving SOs being assigned to Zone Offices Since the previous Code Red was issued, the department has elected to try to fill the Relieving Station Officer position at MW3 and assigning them to the Katoomba Zone Office. […]