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Thank you to Tom French MP for acknowledging WA's Career Fire and Rescue Service, and it's ongoing battle with WA Labor and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA to achieve an appropriate Enterprise Bargaining Agreement that will support the work of WA's Career Firefighters and associated personnel into the future.![]()
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We're Fighting for Our Future.![]()
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And the Fighting Needs to Stop.![]()
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๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐![]()
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๐ SOS Form 1,748: At the start of today's 10 hour dayshift, Welshpool found themselves short a Station Officer. Due to the ongoing staffing CRISIS being experienced by the WA Career Fire and Rescue Service, no relief or off-duty Station Officers were available to replace the outgoing Station Officer from the previous 14 hour nightshift.![]()
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The outgoing Officer offered to complete a 24 hour shift to maintain operational coverage, preventing the trucks pictured here from going offline.![]()
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The Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA refused this offer, instead sending the Station Officer home and relocating the three Firefighters on the crew to other stations to plug additional unfilled vacancies.![]()
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๐ SOS Form 1,749: Cardup Fire Station commenced today's 10 hour dayshift short staffed as well, missing two Firefighters. Subsequently, two Firefighters from the previous nightshift offered to holdback for the dayshift as well, but the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA chose to remove the 3.4 Urban Tanker from service instead.![]()
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These trucks are funded and risk assessed to be available 24/7. Prior to 2024, it would have been unthinkable for a truck to be offline for an entire shift due to staffing issues. Now it's an accepted practice by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA and WA Labor, who have done little to address the 1,749 examples of staffing problems since mid-2024.![]()
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We're having to Fight to Keep Trucks Online; Fight for Your Safety and Fight for Our Future. ![]()
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The Fighting Needs to Stop.![]()
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Paul Papalia CSC MLA, you should add the following to the checklist:![]()
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๐ Write to your local WA Labor member asking why Fire Trucks have operated below minimum staffing levels 1,700+ times since mid-2024 ![]()
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๐ Anticipate potential delay in response by the Career Fire and Rescue Service; your local station may have had it's truck removed from service due to low staffing numbers ![]()
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๐ Do everything you can to avoid contributing to Firefighter workloads as their skeleton staffing is already under significant strain ![]()
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We would have commented this on your post Paul Papalia CSC MLA, but it appears commenting has been restricted in anticipation of responses such as this.![]()
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Quick shout out to the crews that attended this incident, including Butler Career Fire and Rescue Service, who worked meticulously to free the infant trapped in one of the crashed cars.![]()
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Road crash rescues, hazardous materials, specialist rescues (including confined space and vertical), bushfires, structure fires, ambulance and police assistance calls, and more - Our Career Fire and Rescue Service possesses capabilities worth properly staffing, adequately funding and appropriately valuing so that it can perform optimally at incidents just like this.![]()
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We're having to Fight for Our Future so that every Western Australian can count on our members when they need them the most.![]()
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And the Fighting Needs to Stop.![]()
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#FightingForOurFuture#BREAKING: A baby was trapped in a car after a collision in Perthโs north this morning. ![]()
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๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐:![]()
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๐โโ๏ธ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐. ![]()
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๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ (๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ).![]()
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At some point since mid-2024, your local Career Fire and Rescue Resources weren't available when they should have been. ![]()
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We've recorded 1,733 occurrences so far, and the figures keep climbing. ![]()
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We're Fighting for Your Safety and the Future of Our Members.![]()
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐...![]()
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Premier Roger Cook tells BHP employees to "stand up for your rights" and "get the best wages and conditions that you can" when commenting on Union action over a new pay deal with BHP.![]()
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Meanwhile, the Cook Government/WA Labor and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA are gearing up to spend millions fighting WA's Career Firefighters in the WA Industrial Relations Commission after over a year of enterprise bargaining failed to secure appropriate, let alone the best, wages or conditions for Career Firefighters, District Officers to Chief Superintendents, Fire Safety Officers, Applied Training Officers and Communication Systems Officers. ![]()
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When the WA Career Fire and Rescue Service 'stands up for its rights', the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA and Cook Government take it to the Industrial Relations Commission. When the WA Career Fire and Rescue Service attempts to negotiate in good faith for 'fair, appropriate and parity driven wages and conditions' (measured, thoughtful, consistent and evidence-based), the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA and Cook Government provide an offer that fails to address minimum requirements and key claims, let alone delivering "the best" possible outcome. ![]()
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Commentary like this from Premier Roger Cook is inconsistent with how his government/WA Labor is treating their own essential services, and is a slap in the face for an emergency service struggling significantly with morale, health and wellness concerns, and the worst staffing crisis of its 127 year history.![]()
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We're Fighting for Our Future. And the Fighting Needs to Stop.![]()
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#FightingForOurFuture
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๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ![]()
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Thank you to all of our first responders who ensure that everyone in our community is safe, keep critical infrastructure running and do so many of those extra other things that nobody sees or will ever know about.![]()
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๐ฅ Fire Service members from all brigades, groups, units, the Communications Centre and other services![]()
๐ฎโโ๏ธ Police![]()
๐ Ambulance Officers, Paramedics and all associated staff![]()
๐จ State Emergency Service![]()
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๐ Utilities first responders, including ATCO gas and Western Power ![]()
๐ฉ๏ธ Aviation, and all other Emergency and Rescue Services![]()
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In particular, thank you to our counterparts at St John Ambulance, who continue to respond alongside our members whilst dealing with chronic ramping; the members of the WA Police Union who continue to struggle with staffing numbers, need to fight for penalty rates and battle for general support; and our own members who are having to fight for their health and wellness, proper consultation, adequate wages and conditions, an appropriate rank structure, and at least minimum staffing levels.![]()
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WA Labor - Your essential services need tangible action and support, not platitudes. It's time to do better.![]()
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๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐
๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐,๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐-๐๐๐๐![]()
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Yesterday, we reached the 1,712th example of WA's Career Fire and Rescue Service staffing CRISIS. Today will bring more examples of fire trucks unavailable to assist the WA Community.![]()
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โ ๏ธ Some trucks will be on Restricted Duties![]()
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This means they cannot perform all of their required, risk assessed, inbuilt, funded and specifically designed functions. Subsequently, they will not be permitted to attend an incident as the first arriving crew; even if they are next door to the incident. ![]()
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๐ซ Other trucks will be Decommissioned ![]()
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This means removed from service completely for an entire shift (or shifts) - a 10 or 14 hour + period, with the trucks (that are fully serviceable and capable of being used) left to sit unstaffed on station. ![]()
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๐ Risk analyses have stipulated that these resources need to be available 24/7 to ensure adequate operational response capabilities. ![]()
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๐ The operational environment relies on these resources to be available to prevent gaps in, or degradation of, service delivery. ![]()
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๐ฅ The system cannot cope with multiple incidents occuring simultaneously when resources that should be available are not available. ![]()
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๐ฉโ๐ Firefighter safety and community safety is placed at risk when the operational environment is operating below minimum standards. ![]()
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๐ต The WA Community is paying for resources to be online 24/7. ![]()
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๐ฅ The WA community is not receiving the service it needs, expects, deserves and is paying for. ![]()
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That's why we're having to Fight for Community Safety and Our Future.![]()
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And the Fighting Needs to Stop.
Congratulations to all of the amazing people who received King's Birthday honours today, including Career Fire and Rescue Service District Officer Nigel Elliott who was awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM).![]()
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Nigel, a volunteer turned career firefighter, progressed through the ranks to his current position as a District Officer in Kununurra. With almost 40 years' experience in emergency services, he has attended over 3,000 incidents and led response teams across the State, including a complex trench rescue in Jandabup in 2017 and the 2023 Kimberley floods.![]()
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In addition to his work on the frontline, he has played a significant role in the development of innovative tools that aid response and recovery. It includes the Rapid Damage Assessment tool that has enhanced fire impact evaluation and response, and the Computer Aided Dispatch project that has advanced collaboration with the WA Police Force.![]()
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๐ฅ We'd also like to acknowledge volunteer firefighter Mr Colin James, who was also awarded the AFSM today. Mr James is a Life Member of Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, and has served the community for almost 50 years as a volunteer firefighter and in leadership roles of Lieutenant and Captain.
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