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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 […]

Assist Ambulance Bans Lifted Following action taken by members, FRNSW has backed down on their decision to unilaterally walk away from agreements reached with the FBEU about consultation regarding Assist Ambulance. We welcome the decision of FRNSW to return to […]

End of Year Virtual Event Award Update First Meeting of Health and Safety Committee Retained Attendance Management Code Reds End of Year Virtual Event Wednesday 16 December 1830hrs – 1930hrs Registrations are open but spaces are limited: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KGXR6C This year we […]

UNION INSTRUCTIONS – SENIOR OFFICERS SUB-BRANCH Members of the FBEU Senior Officers Sub Branch (SOSB) met on Friday November 27, 2020. The urgent meeting attended by approximately 80 members of the Branch was called to discuss a number of issues. […]

FRNSW breaks agreement on Assist Ambulance – NO CHARGEABLE CODES ON AFAs Back in September we issued a Code Red regarding Ambulance Assist. We later met with FRNSW who in response to our concerns gave the following undertakings: All Assist Ambulance calls are […]

Award Update Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Issues with New Pumpers 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence Work Health and Safety Update Award Update This afternoon your Award Negotiating Group met with the employer. Just prior to the meeting, they […]