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…
The State Government's Volunteer Fuel Card Scheme is open again for the 2017/18 financial year with $1,000 worth of fuel being offered to volunteer brigades, groups and units. Applications for the card opened today and close on the 7th Feb…
DFES have issued an ERAP Circular recalling the mobile power banks that were issued as part of the 2017 WAFES Conference delegates' kit. If you went to the WAFES Conference and received a power bank, or received a power bank…
At last weekend's round of Volunteer Advisory Group meetings at DFES, the topic of pre-formed teams for Level 3 bushfire incidents was discussed. In August, Operational Circular 70/2017 came out, with information on the pre formed teams and calling…
Last week during a City of Busselton function at the Yallingup Bush Fire Brigade station, the Emergency Services Volunteers Hardship Assistance Scheme received a donation for $10,000 from the team at Acton South West real estate who've been fundraising for…
For everyone who went to the WAFES conference and received the little powerbank device, please read the following Safety Circular. The information was also sent out from the WAFES Conference team yesterday to all attendees. (Click for full size)
ESVA President's Report The last six months has been extremely busy for the ESVA committee as we work to towards ensuring all the needs of our volunteers are being addressed across the state in every facet of their roles and…
After a long and protracted negotiation period, the legislation to cover volunteers for one of the twelve forms of cancer more prevalent in firefighters than the general population has been signed into law and is due to commence. The new…
With the conference starting tomorrow, here's the latest newsletter with all the last minute information.
ROUND 2 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Emergency Management Volunteer Scholarships The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) is administering a new $1 million Australian Government scholarship fund to boost education development opportunities for emergency management volunteers. This is an excellent opportunity…