SAFETY AND RESOURCING CAMPAIGN

Safety And Resourcing Campaign

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) firefighters place their lives at significant risk as first responders and rely upon properly funded, provisioned and maintained MFS appliances, training and equipment resources for their safety and protection and that of the community.

  • EMERGENCY SERVICES FUNDING HAS BEEN CUT OVER LAST 10 YEARS
  • MFS DEFUNDED AT LEAST 4 TIMES IN LAST 10 YEARS
  • WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPARE APPLIANCES
  • KEELTY REVIEW (2019) SAYS ‘SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IS NEEDED TO MODERNISE OR REPLACE THE AGEING FLEET’
  • SEVERE LACK OF APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT
  • REGIONAL AREAS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY OLD AND AGEING APPLIANCES
  • REGIONAL TRUCKS AND CREWS HAVE INSUFFICIENT LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT
  • ALL APPLIANCES NEED TO BE FITTED WITH BURNOVER PROTECTION SYSTEMS
  • MFS ADMITS 26 NEW APPLIANCES NEEDED IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS
  • MARSHALL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL BUILD ONLY 9 OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS
  • ENGINEERING WORKSHOP UNDER STAFFED
  • NO FUNDING FOR REDUCTION OF DIESEL EMISSIONS EXPOSURE

 

THE UFUSA CALLS FOR:

  • LONG-TERM RECURRENT FUNDING AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL
  • ASSET MANAGEMENT THROUGH A LONG-TERM RISK BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY

 

HELP US TO HELP YOU:

  • WRITE TO YOUR STATE MP AND REQUEST THEIR SUPPORT 
  • FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE 
  • SIGN THE UFUSA SAFETY & RESOURCING PETITION 

UFUSA Safety And Resourcing Campaign Videos

UFU Safety and Resourcing Campaign gains support from SA Labor with a commitment to proper funding and resourcing.

The UFUSA has a long and proud history of advocating for the provision of properly funded and improved resources with the support of the MFS.

Our Resource Campaign is about seeking to redress this underfunding and impress upon the Marshall State Government the urgent need for proper funding of SAMFS appliances, equipment, training, resourcing and support. Our campaign actions encompass political, public, and industrial campaigning to achieve our objective of addressing these severe inadequacies. Delegations of firefighters are currently visiting local MPs in their electorate offices to explain why this Resourcing Campaign is so critical for the safety of the South Australian public and for firefighters and the MFS

In July 2019 the UFUSA surveyed members ahead of enterprise bargaining negotiations with resourcing identified by members as a key issue.

Since the start of negotiations in October 2019 the MFS and SA Government has persistently obstructed all the UFUSA’s attempts to put resourcing on the table for discussion.

So, after almost a year of very difficult negotiations, UFUSA members unanimously resolved on 28 October 2020 to commence industrial action in support of improved funding, appliances, resourcing, training and equipment.

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Help Us To Help You

Thank you for Supporting the United Firefighters Union of SA Safety and Resourcing Campaign.

By writing to your local State Member of Parliament and requesting their support, you will make a difference.

To assist you, feel free to download a form letter which may be used as a template. If you are not sure of your State Electorate or your State Member of Parliament, please see the instructions below which may also assist you.

Please click here to take you to the website where you can simply enter your address and it tells you what Electoral district you are in.

Once having found your electorate, you can click here to locate your Member of Parliament and their contact details.

Write To Your MP

Pro forma UFU Member Letter to MP

Write To Your MP

Pro forma letter from Constituent to MP

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UFUSA Christmas 2022

ACFO ROY THOMPSON RETURNS TO WORK

It’s very pleasing to see the return to work at SAMFS of Roy Thompson next week and we all congratulate him on his commitment and fortitude in prevailing against the challenges he has faced over the last two and half years.

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