Media Statements

For Portfolio: Emergency Services

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
2/10/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Tough new penalty for Total Fire Ban breaches this bushfire season
21/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Bushfire Mitigation Forum to be held in early October
14/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Record $7.3 million to combat the threat of catastrophic bushfires
11/09/2018	Kelly; Logan	Water; Emergency Services	Emergency water upgrades dampen remote bushfire risks
10/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	New $180,000 base for Three Springs Bush Fire Brigade
9/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	New $1.13 million base for West Gidgegannup bushfire volunteers
8/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Fire and Emergency Services Awards honour community heroes
6/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	2018 Resilient Australia WA Awards winners announced
6/09/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Improved remote command response unveiled at AFAC Conference
11/08/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Fifteen years of RAC Rescue Helicopters saving WA lives
9/08/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Honouring one man’s fight to improve community safety
9/07/2018	Johnston	Emergency Services	Lifesaving fire crew protection will be delivered to WA firefighters
22/06/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	State Government delivers essential funding to Surf Life Saving WA
1/06/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Minister opens new $1.2m SES purpose-built facility in Newman
1/06/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Majority of Western Australians failing to maintain smoke alarms
30/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Volunteers and staff praised for Great Southern firefighting efforts
22/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	A little bit of WOW to support our SES heroes
21/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Thank you to our emergency services volunteers
18/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	New fire station to bolster Perth CBD emergency response
8/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Remembering Western Australia’s fallen firefighters
7/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Funding open for bushfire mitigation treatment activities
4/05/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Record funding for WA’s Volunteer Marine Rescue Service
13/04/2018	McGowan; Logan	Premier; Emergency Services	Rural Fire Division to drive new era of enhanced bushfire management
16/03/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance following Tropical Cyclone Kelvin
5/03/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Submissions now open for 2018 Resilient Australia Awards
14/02/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Department restructure to benefit State’s emergency services
9/02/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance following the tropical low and associated flooding in the Kimberley and East Pilbara
8/02/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	RAC South-West helicopter marks two years of saving lives
2/02/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	More than $1.4 million allocated to reducing bushfire risk
23/01/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for WA communities after Cyclone Joyce
16/01/2018	Logan	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance following December’s Tropical Cyclone Hilda
22/12/2017	Dawson; Logan	Environment; Emergency Services	Stub out litter and firebugs
21/12/2017	Logan; Dawson	Emergency Services; Environment	WA’s firefighters take to the skies for the 2017-18 bushfire season
19/12/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Volunteer Fuel Card applications now open
30/11/2017	Logan; Kelly	Emergency Services; Science	Agency partnership boosts State's emergency response capacity
29/11/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Bushfire mitigation funding available for high-risk priority local governments
28/11/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Community action key to improving State’s resilience, report finds
6/11/2017	McGowan; Logan	Premier; Emergency Services	RAC South West Emergency Rescue Helicopter to fly into the future
3/11/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Record number of WA businesses recognised for supporting emergency services
17/10/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Volunteer fuel card extended until 2021
1/10/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Bushfire season begins today with call to action from Emergency Services Minister
15/09/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Minister farewells retiring DFES Commissioner Wayne Gregson
12/09/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	New Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner announced
8/09/2017	Papalia; Roberts; Logan	Tourism; Police; Emergency Services	Western Australia secures Police and Emergency Games in 2018
7/09/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	McGowan Labor Government strengthens bushfire risk identification
9/08/2017	Logan; Dawson	Emergency Services; Environment	Western Australia's first prescribed burning forum begins
7/07/2017	Dawson	Emergency Services	Bushfire Mitigation Summit summary now available
24/06/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Bushfire Mitigation Summit hears from key stakeholders on way forward
20/06/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Agenda released ahead of Friday’s Bushfire Mitigation Summit
3/06/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Bushfire Mitigation Summit to be held June 23
2/06/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Recovery grants for primary producers in Western Australia
9/05/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Day labour exemption approved for flood-affected areas
7/05/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	Fallen firefighters remembered in WA
4/05/2017	Logan	Emergency Services	New fire station ready to serve Albany