From the Canberra Times: ACT Fire and Rescue needs to recruit 100 new firefighters over the life of the next Territory parliament if a repeat of the events of 2003 is to be averted serving fire officers have said. … [Read more...]

While Police and Emergency Services Minister Simon Corbell​ refrained from saying the ACT's firefighters are "crying wolf", his response to Wednesday's call for an additional 100 of them to be employed over the next four years can be read that way. … [Read more...]

A Canberra couple who put out a grease fire in their home with the help of a firefighter on the phone would not have received the same expert help if plans to overhaul the ACT's triple zero call centre went ahead, the firefighters union has claimed. Read more at the Canberra Times. … [Read more...]

From the Canberra Times: The firefighting union has lashed out at plans to overhaul Canberra's triple-0 call centre next year, saying it had "no confidence" in the ACT government's plan to replace firefighters who manned the phones with civilians. … [Read more...]

From the Canberra Times: The firefighters union has called for an overhaul of the ACT's bushfire response that would see responsibility for pockets of bushland in Canberra's suburbs handed to the territory's urban firefighters in the event of an emergency. The United Firefighters Union has proposed changes to control over the territory's bushfire abatement zones, which … [Read more...]