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7 days ago

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰?Earlier this year we outlined how the wages and conditions of the entire Career Fire and Rescue Service, from 5th Class Firefighter to Chief Superintendent, Communication Systems Applied Training Assistants and Fire Safety Officers aren't stacking up, compared to the rest of the WA Public Sector.We also warned that the service was on the verge of a staffing CRISIS. This staffing CRISIS is now a reality, and WA Labor's 'Second and Final' offer to replace the service's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement fails to provide parity and falls short of supplying adequate corrections to prevent the issue from worsening further. #fightingforyoursafety#FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

𝐒𝐎𝐒 - 𝐖𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠In mid 2024, we asked WA's Career Fire and Rescue Stations to submit a Microsoft Form called 'Station Operational Staffing - SOS' to alert us about resourcing issues impacting Firefighter and Public Safety. Since then, we have received 747 forms. For over 9 months, we have been providing solutions to fix this staffing CRISIS, which have been ignored by WA Labor. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩!Rumour has it that letters from the WA Public have been reaching Members of Parliament and been effective in making them aware of this ongoing CRISIS. We've also heard that those from the WA Labor party have been ordered to remain silent on the issue.It's hard to remain silent about this 24 hour period on the weekend:𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭🚒 SOS 736: Cockburn 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (14 hours)🚒 SOS 737: Murdoch Specialised Equipment Tender - Restricted Duties and Confined Space Rescue Capability Decommissioned (14 hours)🚒 SOS 737: Murdoch Pump and Light - Decommissioned (1 hour)🚒 SOS 738: Mandurah Fire Station - Restricted Duties (1 hour), not sent to a rubbish fire near a building as a result 🚒 SOS 740: Claremont Fire Station - CLOSED (1 hour, 30 mins) 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟔 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭🚒 SOS 742: Murdoch Specialised Equipment Tender - Decommissioned (10 hours) 🚒 SOS 743: Joondalup Fire Station - CLOSED (15 minutes)🚒 SOS 744: Malaga 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours) 🚒 SOS 746: Cockburn 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours), making them unavailable for a bushfire nearby What can YOU do to help?🖊️ Write to your local Member of Parliament, especially WA Labor members (asking them to break their silence)👥 Follow our social media accounts 🗣️ Share our messaging with everyone you know 🔴 If you're from WA Labor, it's time to speak up before it's too late#fightingforyoursafety#FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞The never ending cycle of staff shortages, public safety risks and added, unnecessary pressures on Firefighters continues. Regardless of what messages we write on the trucks, publish online or share in the media, @walabor continue to ignore us. However, we're hearing that members of the public have been getting the message through to their local Members of Parliament. We hugely appreciate those of you who have done this on our behalf and urge everyone else to write to their local Member of Parliament (given our members are limited in the contact they're allowed to make with Parliamentarians). You can ask them about the following (or borrow the template in comments):𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 - 23 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧🚒 Belmont Incident Control Vehicle (ICV) - Decommissioned (1 hour), the only ICV in the Career Fire and Rescue Service 🚒 Perth 2nd Pump - Decommissioned (1 hour)🚒 Perth Vertical Rescue capability - Decommissioned (1 hour) 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 - 23 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧🚒 Midland Fire Station - Restricted Duties (20 minutes)🚒 Kensington Fire Station - Restricted Duties (1 hour, 15 mins)🚒 Cardup 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (14 hours) 🚒 Armadale Fire Station - Restricted Duties (40 minutes) 🚒 Malaga 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (14 hours𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 - 24 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧🚒 Murdoch Specialised Equipment Tender - Decommissioned (10 hours)🚒 Cockburn 3.4 Urban Tanker? - Decommissioned (10 hours)🚒 Fremantle 1st Pump and Light Tanker - Restricted Duties (1 hour, 10 mins)🚒 Malaga 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours)𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 - 24 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧🚒 Malaga 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (14 hours, 38 hours in a row)🚒 Fremantle 2nd Pump - Restricted Duties (1 hour) 𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 - 25 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧🚒 Cockburn 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours), making them unavailable to assist at a Structure Fire in Wattelup (a low water area)🚒 Joondalup 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours)🚒 Duncraig Fire Station - CLOSED (1 hour, 10 mins)🚒 Murdoch Specialised Equipment Tender - Decommissioned (10 hours)🚒 Cardup 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours) ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

Good morning to everyone except WA Labor, whose disregard for Public Safety and inaction around WA's Career Fire and Rescue Service' Staffing CRISIS yielded it's 700th report of Station Closures, Fire Truck Decommissioning, Restricted Duties or Safe Staffing Profile deficiencies yesterday. 🚒 Three trucks were Decommissioned (a Pump and Light Tanker from Welshpool and Daglish, and Murdoch's Specialised Equipment Tender)🚒 Three Stations were placed on Restricted Duties for a period of time (Kiara, Fremantle and Midland) 🧑‍🚒 Numerous other stations were reliant on Firefighters completing 24 hour shifts or recalling to work via their personal mobile phones, even though they are continuously told they have a right to disconnect and don't need to use their phones for work purposes (the reasonable request to pay our members a mobile phone allowance, similar to allowances received by some other Public Sector Workers, to encourage them to continue to cover constant staffing shortfalls was denied) The WA Community deserves better than slowed response times and having to pay for a service they're not fully receiving. WA's Career Fire and Rescue Service deserves better in terms of safety and parity with the public sector (a matter currently being ignored by the Government). Our members deserve the ability to focus on their important community-centred jobs, be that in the proactive (community education, operational planning, equipment maintenance, inspections etc.) or reactive sense (road crash rescues, structure fires, HAZMAT incidents, vertical or confined space rescues etc.), instead of having to fight for their own safety and that of the public. Wake up WA Labor #fightingforyoursafery #FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰?Throw back to 15 June 2025 when we let everyone know that we're having to fight to keep the Career Fire and Rescue Service operational. WA Labor's solution since then? Nothing, just a 40 cent correction to our members' base rate that is getting further and further behind comparable Public Sector positions.#fightingforyoursafety #FightingForOurFuture𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰?We're having to fight to keep the Career Fire and Rescue Service operational.#FightingForOurFuture #FFOF #UndervaluedOverworkedFedUp #ElevateTheRate38IsntGreat#BuildTheRanksBuildTheFuture#BlurredRolesBurntOutStretchedThin#InjuryManagementNotMedicalRetirement#FitForDutyFitForLife ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰Out of 30 Career Fire Stations in the State of Western Australia, 23 were impacted by staffing shortages where no relief coverage was available. Thanks to the efforts of District Officer Perth, as well as the Firefighters and Station Officers that completed a 24 hour shift or recalled to duty (39 staff members in total), the impact of the ongoing staffing CRISIS was confined to:🚒 Hope Valley - CLOSED (1 hour, 5 mins), leaving local industry without Confined Space Rescue coverage and their community unprotected 🚒 Kensington - CLOSED (1 hour, 5 mins), commencing shift without two Firefighters 🚒 Claremont - CLOSED (35 minutes), starting shift without two Firefighters 🚒 Canning Vale - Restricted Duties (10 hours), commencing dayshift with 3x new 5th class Firefighters, Cockburn's 3.4 Urban Tanker had to be Decommissioned to supply a Senior Firefighter. The Station then remained Restricted in their Duties because the 5th Class Firefighters are not yet qualified to drive the Pump under emergency conditions.🚒 Cockburn 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours), leaving Jandakot Airport without it's minimum resource coverage 🚒 Joondalup 2.4 Urban Tanker - Decommissioned (10 hours) due to commencing shift without two Firefighters and no others being available 🚒 Cardup 3.4 Urban Tanker - Decomissioned (8 hours) when held-back Firefighters were instructed to leave station and go home, instead of keeping the truck online Given the array of staff shortages today, it is anticipated that staffing of stations and fire trucks will be significantly impacted during tonight's 14 hour nightshift as well.#fightingforyoursafety#FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲For tonight's 14 hour nightshift, Bunbury Career Fire and Rescue Service will only be able to staff Bunbury 2nd. Bunbury 1st Pump is offline due to no Station Officer being available to complete the shift.With one pump down, Bunbury 2nd and volunteers from Bunbury 3rd will be required to do more with less at any incidents they are required at tonight. This also means they'll be able to attend a maximum of two instead of three incidents simultaneously and that other stations who usually benefit from being backed up by Bunbury may be without assistance. Please be safe. We hope you don't need the help of Bunbury's Career or Volunteer Firefighters tonight regardless.#fightingforyoursafety#FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃After spending the 10 hour dayshift with half their Capability Decommissioned, Welshpool is now CLOSED due to having no Station Officers available at the start of the 14 hour nightshift.Luckily, there are staff in the system and two relief Station Officers are en-route. Until they arrive, not only is Welshpool Closed, but the Heavy Rescue air-cache, that provides regional road crash rescue support to volunteers in remote areas, is offline as well. The Career Fire and Rescue Service CRISIS has progressively worsened over the last 4 years. Back then, it wasn't unheard of to have an extra Firefighter or Station Officer riding in the back of the Pump. Now we're struggling to achieve minimum staffing and frequently unable to keep trucks on the road.#fightingforyoursafety#fifhtingforourfuture ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬Last night, Cockburn Fire Station responded to an incident at Jandakot Airport, including their 3.4 Urban Tanker. It is a requirement that all incidents at the Airport be attended by their 3.4UT for water supplies. Upon returning to station, the 3.4UT was immediately Decommissioned, making it unavailable to provide the required response coverage at the Airport for 12 hours. It was Decommissioned so that the crew could be sent to Kiara and Canning Vale Fire Stations (to prevent them from remaining CLOSED). 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬:🚒 Duncraig Fire Station - CLOSED (3 hours) until Murdoch's SET was Decommissioned, making the Station Officer available🚒 Perth 2nd Pump - Decommissioned (10 hours) due to no Station Officers available in the system🚒 Kiara Fire Station - CLOSED (1 hour) during shift change, no Station Officer 🚒 Welshpool 1st Pump - Decommissioned (10 hours) due to no Station Officer 🚒 Kensington Fire Station - CLOSED (3 hours) once Murdoch's SET was Decommissioned, making a Firefighter available 🚒 Murdoch Specialised Equipment Tender - Decommissioned (8 hours)𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🚒 Armadale 1st Fire Station - CLOSED for 10 hours unless management identify a solution 🚒 Cardup Pump and Light Tanker - Decommissioned (3 hours) due to no Station Officer available in the system. A Pump from Fremantle had been sent to provide coverage, but the staff from Armadale have now been sent to fill Cardup. Cardup's 3.4 Urban Tanker has now been Decommissioned. 🚒 Maddington Fire Station - CLOSED (90 minutes) 𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲.#fightingforyoursafety#FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

Some of our members paused their Breathing Apparatus drill outside Dave Kelly MP's office the other day for a quick game of Two-Up. They used two 20 cent coins to represent the 40 cents WA Labor has offered to correct their $37.15 per hour base rate by. A Senior Firefighter is currently receiving in excess of $8 per hour LESS than other comparable Public Sector Levels or Ranks. During this Enterprise Bargaining process, we asked for parity or a $2 base wage correction and a Work Value Review (where an independent commissioner would determine the worth of our members). These requests were rejected and 40 cents was offered instead. #tookoffenceat40cents #FightingForOurFuture ... See MoreSee Less