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Union warns 'self-licking ice cream' obscures emergency accountability

Chaos reigns with confusing laws, plans muddying direction.

The Canberra Times

Officers' 'critical' trip to Italy needed before firefighting appliance can return

The return date of the $2.2m lift remains up in the air.

The Canberra Times

Prosecute those found responsible for contamination: firies' union

The Gungahlin emergency services centre is shut after lead, diesel found.

The Canberra Times

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Gungahlin emergency services centre cleared out, and warning Woden station could be next

Lead and diesel particulates were found at the 25-year-old building.

The Canberra Times

'Treated with contempt': Firefighters sue ACT govt over leave entitlement denials

Older generation of 'white rhinos' were targeted in fire service, court told.

The Canberra Times

'Human mistake' broke ACT's 42-metre aerial firefighting lift

The ESA says no safety impact, but union warns of capability gap.

The Canberra Times

Time to reset, rebuild trust between staff and ESA bosses: unions

Georgeina Whelan's departure offers a chance for reset, staff representatives say.

The Canberra Times

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Buck passed on ESA as Gentleman defers to public service to fix agency

The minister would not say whether he remained confident in the ESA commissioner.

The Canberra Times

'ESA staff are hurting': Barr should step in to drive change, union says

The opposition said another minister should be appointed to oversee change at the ESA.

The Canberra Times

ACT considering ESA review findings as unions call for public release

An 'action plan' would be released 'shortly', staff have been told.

The Canberra Times

ACT's long-planned $6.6m triple-0 call centre change reversed

A 'one ESA ComCen' project has been abandoned after seven years.

The Canberra Times

Budget's multimillion-dollar focus on Canberra's most toxic sites

Three ACT sites exceed the national threshold for PFAS contamination.

The Canberra Times

ESA 'incompetent', 'mismanages' fire service, union says

Union calls for ESA to be removed from overseeing ACT Fire and Rescue.

The Canberra Times

ESA picks 'bright, shiny and new' things over firefighters: union

The union is angry at the decision to buy a driving simulator with no consultation.

The Canberra Times

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Cancer win for firefighters as Tasmanian legislation leads the way for compensation claims

Neil Brooksbank is certain that fighting thousands of fires over the years has caused his bladder cancer — and thanks to a change in Tasmanian law, he does not have to fight to prove the cause.

ABC News

United Firefighters Union Australia warns governments to address lithium-ion battery fire risks during electric vehicle crashes

The main firefighters' union says the public needs to be aware of the risks of lithium-battery fires, which are hard to put out and can release toxic gases.

The Canberra Times

Firies union slams ESA on bushfire anniversary, saying it 'failed' to learn lessons

Instead of promised new fire stations years ago, there are just two vacant lots, one at Acton and another in the Molonglo Valley, which bore the brunt of the 2003 firestorm.

ABC News

ACT police investigating death of 13-year-old Canberra boy

The ACT coroner's office says the boy died at the Sydney Children's Hospital on August 12 after paramedics and a support crew of firefighters were called to his home on August 5.

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The Canberra Times

Union boss confident firefighters will be exonerated after crew didn't enter home due to COVID fears

A review is underway into the response from emergency services.

The Canberra Times

Calls for more support as profession declared cancer causing

The World Health Organisation has officially declared firefighting a cancer causing profession.

ABC News

ACT firefighters rostered to respond to ambulance emergencies on Saturday due to staff shortage

The ACT Emergency Services Agency confirms it deployed a firefighting unit to "round out" its ambulance crews due to a staffing shortage on Saturday night.

The Canberra Times

Bring in health monitoring for firefighters in wake of PFAS research: union

The ACT United Firefighters Union said the ACT government had fallen behind in introducing the monitoring, which it had agreed to in 2020.

ABC News

ACT government loan scheme to remove combustible cladding too late for some apartment owners

Some Canberra apartment owners have spent thousands of dollars to remove highly combustible cladding from their buildings while waiting for government support.

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