In this edition - Nominations for local branch elections opens again on Thursday 12th April 2012.

In This Edition - Dates for Public Holiday Payments for Easter.

COME ALONG AND MARCH WITH YOUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS THROUGH THE STREETS OF BRISBANE FOLLOWED BY A BBQ AND A BEER AT THE EKKA SHOW GROUNDS. LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITES FOR THE KIDS TO DO SO BRING YOUR FAMILIES ALONG WITH YOU!

In this edition high visability and the firefighter, wildland road traffic crash ensemble, applied ergonomics and the firefighter, workplace health and saftey act 2011 and UFUQ State Secretary John Oliver's committment to UFUQ members state-wide.

ASIDE from being a highly volatile area, Gladstone is also a rapidly expanding city. The question is whether our emergency services, as they are, are able to properly cater for this changing environment. If not, what is going to be done about it? The issue was brought to a head on Thursday when Gladstone firefighters were sent to a job in Calliope. Click on the heading to read the full story.