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| Firies put heat on solar panels | January 27, 2012 |
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Firefighters want better safeguards when facing the dangers posed by the country's fastest-growing source of renewable energy. The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authority Council is researching the potential dangers.
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| Bill receives Royal Assent | January 20, 2012 |
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This means that the Fair Protection for Firefighters Act is now in force and Aviation and ACT firefighters are now able to access workers compensation entitlements through presumptive legislation for occupational cancer.
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| Close call west of Geelong | January 13, 2012 |
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A volunteer fire fighter has told how he and his crew were forced to flee when their tanker went up in flames. Government budget cuts and penny pinching stand accused.
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| Independent inquiry demand | December 24, 2011 |
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Firefighters are threatening to close the CFA training facility at Fiskville, west of Melbourne, unless there is an independent inquiry into a suspected cancer cluster there. The United Firefighters Union has asked the coroner to conduct an investigation.
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