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AWARD UPDATE – FINAL AWARD DRAFT and ZOOM INFO SESSIONS Further to Friday’s Sitrep we are today working with FRNSW to make some final edits to the Award Drafts prior to sending them out to you all. As such, today’s […]

FBEU reaches In-Principle Agreement on Awards I am pleased to advise members that this afternoon, we have reached in-principle agreement with FRNSW over all three Awards. These Awards will deliver significant reform, despite only being 12-month Awards expiring in February 2024, and […]

The Plus Plan is no plan at all On Wednesday the FBEU gave evidence before the inquiry into the NSW Government’s use and management of consulting services, coordinated by the Public Accountability and Works Committee. As referenced in Sitrep 37, a submission […]

Code Red – Operational Assurance Reviews Following the completion of a trial of Operational Assurance Reviews, the FBEU has been seeking to consult with the Department regarding the evaluation and outcome of the trial program to provide input and feedback […]

Award Update – IRC Issues Recommendation re Health Checks  As notified to members in the last Sitrep, following our attendance at the IRC last week for the conciliation on the Awards, and specifically regarding our claim to replace the current […]

Award Negotiations Update Award negotiations are continuing to progress closer to final resolution. This week we returned to the IRC for further conciliation regarding health checks. This was becoming a real sticking point for resolution of the Awards. Members obviously […]

Consultancy Inquiry Submission Following this week’s announcement of the departure of Paul Baxter as FRNSW Commissioner, the agency has had extensive media coverage for all the wrong reasons.    As cited in Sitrep #36, there are significant legacy issues left behind […]

FRNSW part ways with Commissioner Paul Baxter  Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib has this afternoon announced the resignation of Commissioner Paul Baxter. On behalf of members of the FBEU, we wish Paul all the best with his future endeavours outside […]

In July 2022, the FBEU and the Department started consulting on two additions to the Station Planning System. Part A was the introduction of additional data, gathered from ESS, SRS, SAP, SSRM, ORP and SPS into the one place. The […]

FRNSW Covid-19 Vaccination Policy Proposed to be Replaced The FBEU received correspondence on Monday from FRNSW advising that they intend to replace the current stand-alone Covid-19 Vaccination Policy with a new Vaccination and Screening Requirements policy. The draft of this policy […]

Award Update Award negotiations have progressed between us and FRNSW this week. We were able to meet on both Monday and Tuesday and we continue to move forward with discussions on our Log of Claims, in particular key items around […]

All members are aware that dealing with traumatic events and critical incidents can be mentally and emotionally demanding, and that subsequent exposures to the scene of these events can have a damaging impact on the mental health of our members. […]