RFBAQ News
3 ways that you as a Volunteer and as a member of the public can affect change through your local member of parliament...
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Friday, 23 December 2011
Christmas wishes from RFBAQ Representatives and staff..
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Friday, 25 November 2011
Queensland Volunteer Fire-fighter dies on fire-ground..
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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Servere Weather Season 2011-2012..
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011
STUDY CONTINUES ON THE CARCINOGENIC EFFECT OF SMOKE ON FIRE FIGHTERS...
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Telescopic Link Stick - Business Rule for Brigade Manual 2011..
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
Link sticks to be re-issued to applicable brigades..
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Yanmar diesel safety concerns measured..
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Disaster Communications..
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Friday, 7 October 2011
Rural Fire Brigades Association calls on Government to redirect the $18,000,000 QFRS budget surplus, back to supporting RFS Volunteers, Auxiliary and Urban Firefighters ..
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
3 ways that you as a Volunteer can affect change through your local member of parliament...
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Calliope RFBAQ Information Meeting – 15 September..
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Monday, 12 September 2011
Appliance radios failing due to low voltage / Yanmar diesel safety concerns..
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Northern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook..
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Friday, 29 July 2011
The Future of the Rural Fire Service in Queensland..
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
Majority of meeting attendees choose Option 3..
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
RFBAQ Road Show Itinerary..
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
Dear Rural Fire Brigade Secretaries and Brigade Members,..
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Friday, 17 June 2011
The Benefits For Volunteer Fire Fighters of a Once Fire Service Model..
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
Warning To Volunteers...
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Tuesday 10 May 2011
National Volunteer Week 9 - 15 May..
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Friday 29 April 2011
THE ????? OF A SINGLE FIRE SERVICE..
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Thursday 28 April 2011
Nominations open for RFBAQ General Election..
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Friday 15 April 2011
Asbestos Awareness..
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Wednesday 6 April 2011
MORE CHANGES TO THE MANUAL..
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Wednesday 6 April 2011
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NEW STATIONS AND STATION IMPROVEMENTS ..
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Great turnout, Great speakers, for RFBAQ Volunteer Forum. ..
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Monday 28 February 2011
ISUZU AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS GRANTHAM VOLUNTEERS FIREFIGHTERS..
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Monday 21 February 2011
Huge community support for local Volunteer Fire Brigades..
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Friday 11 February 2011
Gympie Regional Council says “Thankyou Rurals”..
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Wednesday 2 February 2011
Association support to Brigade Volunteers in need. ..
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Tuesday 18 January 2011
QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEER FLOOD APPEAL
The Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland has opened its flood appeal to support volunteers affected by the disastrous floods which has impacted on more than 75% of Queensland. This appeal is designed to provide financial support to volunteers who have lost family and possessions during one of Queensland’s worst flood disasters.
Donate Now..
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Thursday 23 December 2010
Volunteer feedback BRIGADES or SERVICE..
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Tuesday 21 December 2010
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Friday 10 December 2010
RFBAQ – Rural Operations State Consultative Committee Meeting..
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Friday 3 December 2010
Amendments and required changes to 2010 Brigade Manual. ..
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Friday 3 December 2010
Rural Operations would like Volunteer feedback via RFBAQ...
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Friday 3 December 2010
Art Union Winners receiving a car for Christmas...
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Tuesday 23 November 2010
3 Training Guides and Information paper for Volunteer firefighters. ..
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Friday 19 November 2010
Code 2, UFU & RFBAQ meet with mutual concerns for Rural and Urban Operations..
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Wednesday 10 November 2010
New catalogue of products with special Volunteers discount page ..
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Thursday 21 October 2010
Unusual weather conditions prompts Fire Danger Period cancellation..
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Monday 11 October 2010
Bushfire CRC Update!..
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Thursday 23 September 2010
Bushfire CRC Updates!..
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Tuesday 21 September 2010
RFBAQ needs your Volunteer input to take to Kedron..
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Thursday 9 September 2010
Vale: 2nd Officer Kortney Watts - Taromeo Rural Fire Brigade..
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Monday 6 September 2010
RFBAQ Annual General Meeting and State Conference in Townsville 3, 4, 5 Sept 2010
Last weekend saw the elected Representatives of the RFBAQ meet in Townsville for their Annual General Meeting and State Conference, with the conference officially opened by Cr. Trevor Roberts of the Townsville City Council. Cr Roberts acknowledged and delivered high praise on the Rural Fire Brigade Volunteers for their skills and 24/7 commitment in providing a safer Queensland. ..
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Monday 23 August 2010
Prenzlau RFB Station Opening..
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Friday 13 August 2010
Bushfire Arson Attached are two research briefing notes from the Bushfire CRC...
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Friday 6 August 2010
Big rollout for Golden Bell fire-fighter competition at Poona. ..
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Friday 23 July 2010
Your RFBAQ 'Smoke Signals' magazine is now online!..
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Friday 23 July 2010
Heavy Support Tanker Appliance..
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Thursday 16 July 2010
Your Association is seeking your input for additions and modifications to both PPE and equipment. ..
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Tuesday 13 June 2010
Smoke Signals to get message out for Queensland’s Volunteer Firefighters..
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Friday 2 June 2010
Queensland’s Rural Fire Brigades Volunteers are Winners
Congratulations!..
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Thursday 1 July 2010
"Advancing Bushfire Arson Prevention in Australia”..
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Thursday 1 July 2010
Bushfire CRC Update..
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Wednesday 16 June 2010
Retired Queensland Emergency Services employee wins a car. ..
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Wednesday 9 June 2010
Volunteer Walkout Uniform - an overwhelming success..
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Thursday 15 April 2010
GOOD NEWS FOR RURAL/BUSH FIRE BRIGADES..
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Friday 9 April 2010
Rural Fire Brigade Volunteers! Click here to visit find out about our new GPS promotion, download the brochure, ‘Volunteer Contact Registration Form’ and more . . ..
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Monday 29 March 2010
"He who orders the equipment without permission pays for the equipment" ..
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Thursday 18 March 2010
Private car insurance on the fire-ground; are you covered? ..
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Friday 26 February 2010
Parliamentary Accounts Committee members and RFBAQ meet in Toowoomba ..
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Wednesday 3 February 2010
Journey comes full cycle..
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Tuesday 19 January 2010
Blue Lights on Rural Appliances...
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Friday 22 January 2010
Father of Volunteer fire-fighter wins a car...
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Friday 29 January 2010
Midsummer’s Eve Charity Ball Yeppoon Benefits Rural Fire Brigades - Saturday 13 Feb 2010...
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Friday 18 December 2009
The Queensland Parliament is requesting submissions into “Management of Rural Fire Services in Queensland”..
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Saturday 5 December 2009
International Volunteer Day..
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Saturday 21 November 2009
On Saturday morning a jovial crowd gathered at the Black Mountain RFB Station, west of Cooroy, for the official shed opening and awards presentations. Harry Kirk, First Officer of the Black Mountain RFB, made several presentations to thank local individuals and businesses who had generously donated funds or products toward the construction and furbishment of the outstanding new shed. The brigade has been going strongly since it was formed in 1995, and has light and medium attack vehicles...
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Sunday 15 November 2009
Last Sunday saw the annual Golden Bell Firies Family fun day at Poona. The competition for the Golden Bell from Poona RFB, River Heads RFB, Tinana RFB and Toogoom RFB was hard fought and good natured. Poona RFB has held the Bell for 3 out of the 5 years and had high hopes to retain it again this year. Races were for barrel roll, team knapsack and case 1 and case 4. The winners of the Golden Bell for 2009 was River Heads RFB, which was a composite crew with a Nikenbah RFB member roped in to make up the numbers. ..
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Friday 6 November 2009
This week has seen a lot of media coverage about Command and Control changes by QFRS, affecting Permanent Fire Fighters, Auxiliary Fire Fighters and Rural Fire Fighters. These changes define who will take charge of an incident in both Rural and Urban areas of the State.
As the Association the represents 36,000 bushfire specialists in Queensland, the RFBAQ has compiled a number of media stories under our News Page.
Link there now…. http://www.rfbaq.org/press-releases-and-resources.aspx ..
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Sunday 1 November 2009
Sunday, 1st of November saw Dick Irwin AFSM, CEO of the RFBAQ and Ian Rickuss MP, Member for Lockyer meet a large number of Brigade Representatives at the Old Tallegalla School in the Ipswich District Area. ..
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Friday 30 October 2009
The fire season in Queensland has been extremely busy so far this year, with no let up in sight. Volunteer Fire-Fighters have responded to thousands of callouts across the State with a number of large fires still burning. The Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland would like to thank all Volunteer Fire-Fighters and support personnel deployed on strike teams and responding to so many local incidents. The Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland is here to support you, and if you have any queries or concerns about deployment or equipment, then please contact us so that we can support you. We would also like to extend a big thankyou to all employers and organisations that support Volunteers while they are away from their paid positions being unpaid professional fire-fighters. Stay safe for the rest of what could be a very busy year...
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Department of Defence Wide Bay Training
A major hazard reduction exercise was carried out during early July at the Department of Defence Wide Bay Training are when approximately 2000 hectares was successfully burnt and cleared of hazardous material. The operation was carried out by members from 8 Rural Fire Brigades and involved personnel from Forest Products Queensland, SES and Main Roads as well as defence officers. The exercise was an excellent example of inter-agency co-operation and a great opportunity for Brigades to work with other brigades. I congratulate all who took part and advise that other agencies involved have conveyed to me how impressed they were with the ability and professionalism displayed by Rural Fire Brigade volunteers. Well done all.
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Contact details needed from Bundaberg District Brigade members
I would ask Brigades to please email me with their contact details. As your representative, I from time to time need to contact you with information and require Brigade responses and feedback for any changes affecting future and current directions of our Rural Fire Brigades and Volunteers. Email contacts are the quickest way to be able to achieve this. If your Brigade does not have email, I can post information your Brigades; my contact with our volunteers is paramount for me to be able to truly represent you.
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Contact details needed from Mackay Area Brigade members
Feedback on many of the changes that are proposed or in the system for brigades is regularly required. To give accurate and worthwhile feedback in representing all the diverse locations of brigades and their member’s needs, it is most important for contact numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses to be available to the Rural Fire Brigades Association. I encourage everyone in our area to forward these to me as soon as possible so I can keep in touch.
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Monday, 16th March 2009
New Developments ..
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Linton Coronial Inquest
The CFA and DNRE have developed a modified set of 'Hierarchy of Controls' relating to firefighting and wildfire to assist all those working in the area towards improving the understanding of the application of occupational health & safety management...
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Volunteer Death & Disability Fund
The members of your association and the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, are working to put together a new Death & Disability Fund for rural fire brigade volunteers...
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Firefighter loses house to fire
Thursday 22nd December 2005 was not a good day for Ralph Fuller, 4th Officer with 5 years experience in the Bloomfield Rural Fire Brigade. Ralph was fighting a fire which had been burning in the local area...
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