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Please join us on Thursday the 6th of September from 4pm onwards at the Perth Convention Centre for our Annual General Meeting. Please take the time to review the new Constitution below as it will be presented at this AGM…

The Bureau of Meteorology are bringing in some changes and improvements to the way "spot" or Incident Weather Forecasts are provided, to give better information to incident controllers. The details are outlined in DFES Operational Circular 10/2018 which is available…

Today, the Association received a document detailing some important changes within DFES.

The current six divisions within DFES will be combined and amalgamated into four.

The changes are expected to happen in the coming weeks and months.

To read the whole text of the announcement, you can click on the two image links below.

Yesterday all the volunteer associations were invited to a briefing on the 2018 Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games to be held in Mandurah at the end of October this year. A lot of work has already gone into the…

Overview The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) has announced the Perth dates for the Volunteer Leadership Program (VLP) – an immersive residential two-day program for emergency sector volunteers with the aspiration and aptitude to take on leadership positions within…

In mid December, we posted about the next round of volunteer fuel card applications opening. Figures from DFES today show that less than 50% of all eligible brigades, groups or units in the state have applied. Within our service, we're…

The National Volunteering Conference is being held in Sydney on the 20-22 June 2018. Volunteering WA and the Department of Social Services are offering scholarships for people who are disadvantaged or from regional, rural or remote parts of WA to…