The Department of Fire & Emergency Services (DFES) is committed to reducing the number of false fire alarms attended to each year. A false fire alarm is when DFES attends a premises in response to an alarm where there is no fire.
In the 2014-15 financial year, fire-fighters responded to 9,839 false fire alarm activations, which equates to approximately 27 false fire alarm attendances each day.
DFES will charge a fee of $750 per false fire alarm attendance.
will apply after the third false fire alarm attendance to a premises in a financial year. DFES will issue an invoice upon the fourth (4th) false fire alarm attendance and every false fire alarm attendance thereafter.
Fair enough I reckon, I believe W.A. is the last State to introduce this charge,
15 years ago it cost that much to roll ONE fire tender to a Bush Fire.
Just imagine what it costs to turn out a full Brigade of 4 light tankers, two heavy tankers , a Comms Bus and associated back up equipment such as air support, Police, SES, all this plus relief teams to a week long fire !!! $$$$$$$$$$
K.J.
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The Department of Fire & Emergency Services (DFES) is committed to reducing the number of false fire alarms attended to each year. A false fire alarm is when DFES attends a premises in response to an alarm where there is no fire. GEEZ I'm glad they provided a definition - I would never have understood what a 'false fire alarm' was otherwise
In the 2014-15 financial year, fire-fighters responded to 9,839 false fire alarm activations, which equates to approximately 27 false fire alarm attendances each day.
DFES will charge a fee of $750 per false fire alarm attendance.
will apply after the third false fire alarm attendance to a premises in a financial year. Why on earth are they going to allow THREE false alarm calls??? Idiotic bureaucracy strikes again. DFES will issue an invoice upon the fourth (4th) false fire alarm attendance and every false fire alarm attendance thereafter.
Fair enough I reckon, I believe W.A. is the last State to introduce this charge,
15 years ago it cost that much to roll ONE fire tender to a Bush Fire.
Just imagine what it costs to turn out a full Brigade of 4 light tankers, two heavy tankers , a Comms Bus and associated back up equipment such as air support, Police, SES, all this plus relief teams to a week long fire !!! $$$$$$$$$$
K.J.
Gday...
WA DFES seem to be determined to prove they are not serious about genuinely stopping false alarms I think
One false alarm - grin and bear it. Second false alarm for the same premises - in with the 'attendance fee'.
Cheers - John
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After 21 years with WA Fire & Rescue their is a big difference between "false alarm" & "justifiable false alarm"
Like a dollar for every-time I turned out to a DBA at the local hospital, would certainly boost my retirement funds.
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I'm glad they provided a definition - I would never have understood what a 'false fire alarm' was otherwise 
