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Announcements
$40,000 Buy Local Grants Approved On Saturday
Monday, 28 Oct 2019
The RFBAQ Management Committee met on Saturday where every RFBAQ Buy Local Grant received was approved.
If you have applied and you are not on the below list, please contact your...
Burketown Rural Fire Brigade Gets Access To Satellite Communications
Thursday, 24 Oct 2019
Burketown RFB covers 3,146 sqkm and is located on the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Charters Towers RFSQ area. The brigade has 22 brigade members with 20 being active firefighters. The brigade...
Level 1 Incident Place Based Decision Making Card Available
Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019
Rural Fire Brigades can now access the new Place Based Decision Making Card by ordering online.
Free; Easy; Quick
2 copies of the card will also be in each Smoke Signals...
PPB Place Based Purchasing Trial Closes
Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019
The RFBAQ and RFSQ commenced a place based purchasing trial for Primary Producer Brigades in the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council (BTRC) Area in 2018 .
This trial has now been...
Another 3 Rural Fire Brigades Get Access To Satellite Communications
Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019
Mingela RFB covers 2,205 sq klm is located between Charters Towers and Townsville and has 35 brigade members with 24 being active firefighters. The brigade has 5 slip on units, a fire...
Premier Palaszczuk – Please Stop The Government Sacking Over 18,000 Rural Fire Brigade Volunteers.
Monday, 21 Oct 2019
Premier Palaszczuk – please stop the Government sacking over 18,000 Rural Fire Brigade volunteers.
The lunacy of bureaucracy will see 86% of 22,000 Rural Fire Brigade members sacked...
Spring 2019 Smoke Signals - OUT NOW!
Friday, 18 Oct 2019
Read about our exciting 6 LandCruiser Light Attack prototypes, place based command and control, agreed ongoing engagement process for rural fire and heaps more…..
Online flip book available...