This week's news
Selected links to firefighter workplace, industrial, technology and OHS news stories across the last seven days.
Australia
WA: Move in
order
The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission has ordered
firefighters to move into Perth's new Wellington Street fire station despite unresolved OHS and public safety issues.
NT: Deadly warning for fire season
Fires are getting deadlier and more difficult to control.
Vic: Bushfires Royal Commission roundup:
- Bushfire witness hearings completed.
- Minister Cameron taken to task at Bushfires Royal Commission.
- Operational matters not my responsibility: Cameron.
NSW: Smoke blankets Sydney after burn-off
Bushfire hazard reduction burn in the Blue Mountains
Qld: 12 dogs killed in house fire
At least a dozen dogs die and a woman badly burnt near Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
SA: Forestry Union pushes for fire watch penalties
Forestry SA to negotiate after the Union rejects plans to abolish double penalty rates for fire-related activities.
Vic: Brigades to merge
There are plans for Swan Hill's urban and rural fire brigades to be unified at the end of the financial year.
Vic: Hey Hey, get out!
Evacuation after small fire breaks out in a Ch 9 studio.
WA: Court jails Broome firebug
Broome man sentenced to 15 months' jail.
NSW: Historic outback pub razed to the ground
125-year-old hotel at Bourke, in the west of NSW, destroyed by fire.
Auswide: Australian
Firefighters to run across US
Funds raised will be donated to charities nominated by the firefighters
and emergency services of America.
International
Canada: Explosion puts six Alberta volunteers in hospital
Controlled burn fire-training exercise in eastern Alberta goes wrong,
USA: Sturgeon Bay Firefighters allowed to smoke on Job
Arbitrator throws out a rule prohibiting firefighters in one Wisconsin city from smoking on the job.
Canada: On the Front Line
The IAFF is tracking a host of new commitments members Parliament and senators made about firefighter issues after lobbying during the 17th Canadian Legislative Conference.
USA: Firefighters union official says Oklahoma City is ignoring state law
Council refuses to accept an arbitrator's ruling.
Indiana Council votes down contract for Firefighters Local 4143.
Laid-off Flint firefighters to return to work.
India: 9,000 apply for 47 firefighter posts
Tough physical fitness tests do not seem to be a deterrent.
Canada: Vancouver Fire Department may end response to low-priority medical calls
Budget cuts impact.
USA: Firefighters advocate keeping sprinkler code
South Carolina firefighters urge legislators to uphold a construction code requiring that new homes be equipped with fire sprinklers.
UK: Don't let management see this
Fire Engine Scooter with lights and sounds.
USA: Fire Union raises cash
A political action committee is formed by the Flagstaff firefighters Union to support collective bargaining .
UK: Quarter-tonne mum rescued by 20 firefighters
Had spent years living as a recluse in northern England and left partially paralysed.
USA: In Times Square, deciding when to suspend fear
Some people fled while others gawked until a firefighter barked: “It's not Disneyland, people. Get the hell out of the way.”
USA: Firefighters' Union fights Mayor's proposed firehouse cuts
Mayor's executive budget called for serious cuts to the New York City Fire Department.
UK: Firefighter with bionic arm aims to return to duty
Firefighter Ian Reid says his new bionic limb offers him the hope of getting back to work.
USA: Firefighters start to issue ordinance citations
Illinois town's firefighters train in fire prevention code ordinances and writing citations.
Pakistan: Firefighters hot in Karachi, cold in Hyderabad
The most common fires are those caused by short-circuits.
USA: Federal agencies to determine mesothelioma risk for firefighters
Fire-related diseases have claimed the lives of too many firefighters in the US.
USA: City, Union agree on drug testing for firefighters
Months in the making with details bitterly fought over between the Pittsburgh city administration and the firefighters Union.
UK: British firefighters new attire
Part of a government recruitment campaign.
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