009/2019: Cleaning Breathing Apparatus (BA) masks and BA sets
A reminder for operational personnel to follow the correct procedure when cleaning BA masks and BA sets.
Notices
006/2019: Important information to keep yourself safe around floodwaters
Read this National Safety Notice so you will know how to keep yourself, your team, and your community safe when working around floodwaters.
043/2018: Interim face masks for vegetation fires
This notice has been amended on 29 January 2019. This is the updated version. If you have printed out the earlier notice, please replace with this copy.All operational personnel are advised to follow this information for fitting and wearing a P2 respiratory mask if responding to vegetation fires, if not already wearing an APR. This notice is in place until further notice.
004/2018: Ex-leased structural PPE
Ex-leased structural PPE on sale
022/2017: Rural Wildland Firefighting Standard and Vest High Visibility Compliance
A decision has been made to check all rural fire supplied overalls and command vests, following previous National Notices.
020/2017: Wildland Firefighting Standard Compliance of Level 1 Garments
We’ve been informed that our Level 1 PPE doesn’t fully meet the Wildfire Firefighting standard. Until we rectify this, take the following safety steps when you wear Level 1 garments at vegetation fires.
021/2017: High-visibility Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment
Special guidance for personnel working on roadways
004/2017: Thin-walled Couplings (male instantaneous hose couplings)
Action
Volunteer Support Officers, hose and waterway maintenance personnel, and career operational officers to identify all thin-walled couplings and immediately remove from service in accordance with the priority outlined. Area Managers to ensure all thin-walled couplings are identified, removed from service, and disabled so they cannot be used again.