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As reported in SitRep 3/2021, we have been waiting for the formal 2021 Award offer from FRNSW for over two weeks. It finally came through late yesterday afternoon. The “offer” can be found here. You will note it is dated […]

Fix Our Fire Service: State of the Stations Audit Health Checks e-Recall Review Member Wins in Dispute FBEU State Committee Elections Fix Our Fire Service: State of the Stations Audit This week the FBEU is launching the first part of […]

COVID-19 makes life different, but our job stays the same This op-ed was published in the Newcastle Herald 30 January 2021 It’s been a year since Black Summer. A year since 24 to 40 million hectares of land burned across […]

COVID-19 Update Delegates Update FBEU State Committee Elections COVID-19 Update After a recent run of no new community transmissions of COVID-19 in NSW, community restrictions have been eased from this morning. As a result, and following consultation with FRNSW, all […]

We now have a timetable from the NSW Electoral Commission for the 2021 election of the FBEU State Committee of Management. The timetable for this year’s elections is as follows: Close of Rolls Tuesday 16 February 2021 Invite Nominations Tuesday […]

COVID-19 Update Award Update Delegate Zoom Briefings FBEU State Committee Elections COVID-19 Update COVID-19 restriction levels remain the same. All Metropolitan East, Metropolitan South and Metropolitan West Zones are to adhere to Levels 1, 2 and 3 restrictions in the […]

COVID-19 Update Health Checks Medical Certificates Retained Fire Call Attendance FBEU State Committee Elections COVID-19 Update The COVID-19 restriction levels have been updated to the following: All Metropolitan East, Metropolitan South and Metropolitan West Zones are to adhere to Levels […]

COVID-19 Restrictions Over the Christmas/New Year period there was a bit of confusion surrounding some COVID-related issues. We have consulted with FRNSW through the COVID-19 IMT to try and resolve this. Meals We had a lot of inquiries regarding when […]

COVID-19 Restrictions  As most members would know, COVID-19 locations are growing. Since last SitRep, four stations have been taken offline for deep cleaning and numerous firefighters have been sent for COVID-19 tests. Accordingly, from 0800hrs Thursday 31 December 2020 Metropolitan […]

2020 – The Year That Was Zoom Meetings Update Christmas/New Year Consolidated Period COVID-19 Update Office Christmas and New Year Shutdown 2020 – The Year That Was Needless to say, 2020 has been quite the year. I won’t go into […]

COVID-19 Restrictions As reported in SitRep 50 both FRNSW and the FBEU have been monitoring the growing COVID-19 cluster on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and the now growing number of other locations. Accordingly: Metropolitan East 2 are to adhere to Levels […]

COVID-19 Restrictions Office Christmas and New Year Shutdown Award Update COVID-19 Restrictions With the growing COVID-19 cluster on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, talks with the Department overnight and today have led to the attached restrictions for ME2. These restrictions have been […]