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Inside this notice: Last weekend family day and the future Cranebrook/Tingara Heights: – first of the new standard station design Dynamic risk assessments

Feedback indicates that numerous members found the table in last Friday’s notice ambiguous and/or confusing. This was probably due to the table’s 2nd column being titled “Before the Union’s  changes (ie NOW)”, which many took as meaning the total wages […]

Inside this notice: PSTP deal confirmed Rough justice 2

Inside this notice: June SGM results Your rights at work – Unions NSW Broadcast Medical Assessments – Be warned! Performing a coutnry relief? EEO Committee Meeting – 8 July Tactical Communications

Members who attended the SGM’s would be well aware of the tough fight ahead to defend our conditions and rights at work and the draconian legislation that proposes to destroy all that we have previously fought for, and leave the […]

Five months on, senior management last Friday finally recommended that a Senior Firefighter based at Maroubra be sacked for taking civilians on the pumper on a short drive without the approval of the Commissioner and leaving the station without the […]

CENTRAL SYDNEY – The central Sydney SGM will be held at the Tom Mann Theatre, Chalmers Street Surry Hills, commencing 1000 hours on Tuesday 21 June.

The Union has received numerous calls from members regarding the installation of smoke alarms, and whether or not members are expected and/or required to undertake this work.

The Howard Government is about to launch an unprecedented attack upon the wages and conditions of all workers, including firefighters. The FBEU, in co-operation with interstate branches of the United Firefighters Union of Australia, the ACTU and Unions NSW is […]

For locations of each of the meetings and for the agenda see here:

A number of members are concerned about proposals to increase the capabilities of telecommunication towers from 2G networks to 3G networks where the towers are located on station land. In July 2004 the Union’s State Committee adopted the following policy […]

It wasn’t needed, but in further evidence of where the Liberal Party really stands on the question of “battlers” the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello recently announced huge tax cuts of $65 per week for Superintendents and only $6 per week […]