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Dunheved On The Move, Is The Department Coming With Us?
February 2, 2007Dunheved Fire Station will be closed either with the consent of the Department or without it after the Union’s State Committee of Management (SCOM) decided to ban firefighters from working at the station in the near future.
Using Pumpers Off Road
January 25, 2007No member is to take an urban appliance be it a pumper, ladders or a platform off road in order to deal with fires that require a four wheel drive appliance.
Short Changed By $500 000
January 25, 2007After numerous meetings, the exchange of correspondence and the listing of a dispute by the Union to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, the Department has finally succumbed to its obligation to pay retained firefighters in accordance with the Retained Award.
Oten Qf, Sf, Lf
January 25, 2007As a result of an agreement between the Department and the Union hammered out at this weeks Training Review Committee meeting, Qualified Firefighters are again able to access the OTEN training modules required to progress to Senior Firefighter.
Your Helmet – Your Union
January 25, 2007Following a series of very intense discussions between the Department and the Union over the rights of members to place FBEU logos on the backs of helmets, agreement has now been reached that the stickers can stay. The original directive […]
Ignore The Psco –union Helmet Stickers To Stay
January 24, 2007The Brigades’ Professional Standards and Conduct Officer (PSCO) has today written to all members regarding the Union’s new membership helmet stickers. The PSCO’s notice refers to a misunderstanding over the statement within the Union’s notice that accompanied the stickers which […]
Putting Credibility On The Line
January 19, 2007In September last year, members across the State voted to support a 12 month trial of changes to the way we work that would reduce excessive overtime. Throughout October & November the Union and the Department held numerous meetings and […]
All Adrift On Staffing
January 12, 2007Most members would by now be aware that the Department has once again set its sights on a NSWFB boat for Sydney Harbour. The boat, creatively named ‘Marine 1’ has been commissioned, drafted, built and is now being surveyed for […]
Christmas Day Recalls
January 10, 2007Most people in Australia seem to know that Christmas day is always celebrated on the 25th of December – except perhaps some members of the very senior levels of management in the NSWFB.
Thanks To All Firies Who Donated Food For The Homeless
January 4, 2007Members from Ashfield station delivered over $1000 worth of groceries to the Exodus Foundation in the week before Christmas after the Union asked members to pitch in for the poor.
Clarification Of D&d Fund Statements
January 4, 2007Those members who are covered by the Death and Disability Award should have received their annual statements from the Death and Disability Fund recently. We’ve had some inquiries from some members whose statements indicate they don’t have any entitlements under […]
D&d Award Update
January 4, 2007After months of protracted and futile negotiations between the Government, the Department and the Union we have finally been able to successfully contain the discussions to the two parties with a real say in the matter – Government and the […]
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