Authorised by Leighton Drury, Secretary, Fire Brigade Employees' Union, 1-7 Belmore St Surry Hills 2010. On Gadigal land.
Surry Hills NSW, Australia
Joined July 2011
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Surely working trucks shouldn’t be something we should have to campaign for. Just #FixOurFireService!
An ageing fleet of fire trucks is a problem compounded by cuts to maintenance funding, with unions calling on the NSW Government and new fire commissioner to fix it | @TallulahT_ @NSWRFS
The FBEU has lost two remarkable members this week. Vale Comrades. You will not be forgotten.
fbeu.net/2023/12/12/sitrep-6…
It's Asbestos Awareness Week.
Asbestos is banned in new builds, but firefighters are still exposed when the old ones catch fire.
We're urging the NSW Govt to amend presumptive legislation to #CoverOurFiries for all work-related cancers.
Visit CoverOurFiries.com.au to help.
Some things get better with age.
Others, not so much.
Fire trucks have a life span for a reason.
#FixOurFireService
(FRNSW have trucks in service almost as old as that👇 32-year-old Pearl Jam album. And they feel as old as that 👇190-year-old tortoise who is called Jonathan).
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Firefighting has been proven to be a cancer-causing profession. Yet firies aren't covered for all the illnesses our job can cause.
Support firies by visiting CoverOurFiries.com.au and tell your local MP that firies deserve all the protection we can give them.
#CoverOurFiries
Cancer protection for firefighters shouldn't stop at the border.
Support Professional Firefighters by visiting CoverOurFiries.com.au and telling your local MP to expand coverage for those who cover us.
It's time to #CoverOurFiries
Walcha deserves a fire station that's fit for purpose.
Every community does.
It's time to #FixOurFireService
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Union members, one and all ✊💚💛
With the @FIFAWWC kicking off this Thursday, our @TheMatildas have a message for those who paved the way. For those who broke down barriers and fought for progress. For the past. For the future.
For those within our football community, our fans, our sponsors, our politicians, our administrators. And for @FIFAcom, who can deliver a legacy for all women and girls who play the beautiful game ⚽
#ThisIsOURLegacy
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For those who missed it, the recording and transcript of the Inquiry into the use of consultants is online.
A/Commissioner Fewtrell appears at the beginning of the clip linked below, and the FBEU's evidence begins at around 2:07:30.
youtu.be/C0cr6a_36k0
#FixOurFireService
ICYMI: State Secretary Leighton Drury spoke to 10 News Sydney this week about FRNSW’s use of consultants over the last few years.
We think it’s time to #FixOurFireService
ABC’s lead story last night on the use of consultants in FRNSW.
You can view the full clip on our YouTube page, youtube.com/@fbeu
#FixOurFireService
#PlusPlan
Fire and rescue rebranding burns up millions of dollars msn.com/en-au/news/australia…
Millions of dollars have been spent by FRNSW on consultants, marketing and branding at the expense of community protection and the things we need to get the job done safely.
#FixOurFireService
NSW Fire Commissioner Paul Baxter has made a sudden, shock departure from the top job. The commissioner had come under heavy criticism over a range of issues. youtu.be/ExLYFIL_pNk #7NEWS
"millions of dollars were wasted on a re-branding exercise while new equipment and training were needed instead."
abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/n…
‘Baxter had faced sustained criticism from... the Fire Brigade Employees’ Union, which accused him of an expensive organisational rebranding exercise in the face of the number of frontline firefighters falling and rising fire-related casualties’
#FixOurFireService
Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Paul Baxter has been dumped after six years in the job, with the state government concerned about the organisation’s financial sustainability smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-…
Diesel.
Particulate.
Kills.
#FixOurFireService
Watch the report from ABC news now 👇
youtu.be/LHaoXekuOWE via @YouTube
Our fleet team performs magic on a daily basis to keep our old appliances running.
But even their expertise is stretched to the limit to coax life out of appliances that should be in a museum, not in working fire stations.
It's time to #FixOurFireService
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There are many risks in our job that no one can control (e.g. asbestos, chemical exposure, toxic smoke) - but DPM exposure is one that we can.
It's time to #FixOurFireService
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