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Fire and Rescue NSW: consultation extended by one week

Fire and Rescue NSW: consultation extended by one week

  21 August 2026

The Public Service Association held a members’ meeting online and in person at Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Greenacre HQ on Tuesday 18 August to discuss the proposed restructure.

The PSA wrote to FRNSW management following that meeting requesting an extension of the consultation period by two weeks to allow for meaningful engagement on these wide-reaching, proposed changes. FRNSW agreed to an extension of one week. Consultation will now close on Wednesday 2 September.

FRNSW risks losing skilled and experienced staff who perform critical functions supporting the agency and the fire fighters keeping our cities and towns safe across the state. While there is a small increase in the number of roles overall, new proposed roles are concentrated at certain grades, with losses concentrated at others. The change management plan limits EOI opportunities to at-grade, disadvantaging those who may have been acting in higher duties for extended periods of time in Community Safety, Talent Acquisition, Strategic Safety, IT, Protocol and more.

Data Source: FRNSW Change Management Plan, 11 Aug 2026

 

These workplace changes don’t only affect PSA members, please forward this bulletin on to your colleagues. Non-members are welcome to attend the meeting and encouraged to join today.  We’re stronger together.

The PSA will hold a follow up meeting on Wednesday 26 August. PSA Industrial Officer Michael Sinclair and PSA Organiser Michael Parsons will join the meeting in-person at Greenacre.

Meeting details

Date Wednesday 26 August 2026

Time 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location Davies room, Level 2, Building A HQ, Greenacre. and online via Teams

Join Teams meeting HERE

Meeting ID 428 280 808 333 172

Passcode h7yW9wy6

Your Feedback Matters

The PSA will be collating member feedback to provide a comprehensive response.

Please send your feedback to membersupport@psa.asn.au, Ref: C10021885

 Contacts

Michael Parsons Organiser

Michael Sinclair Industrial Officer

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