July 23, 2025
Applications now open!
By Quinn Cramer May 14, 2025
Opportunity to attend WAFA 25 - WA Career Firefighters
By Quinn Cramer November 13, 2024
2024 WAFA AGM
By Quinn Cramer October 9, 2023
WAFA AGM - Monday 4th December
Woman lifting weights
By Conference WAFA July 6, 2023
Tips on how to prepare for a physical aptitude test for firefighting and other emergency services from operational firefighter Melinda McDonald.
People waiting for an interview
By Conference WAFA July 6, 2023
The STAR+LA technique for interviews can keep you on track, and ensure you demonstrate capacity to meet key selection criteria. Operational firefighter Melinda McDonald shows how you can use STAR +LA to put your best foot forward and be one step closer to your dream job.
Woman preparing for a video interview
By Conference WAFA July 6, 2023
Preparing for a recorded video interview question can be intimidating, but there are a number of steps you can take to prepare that will give you additional confidence and increase your likelihood of moving on to the next stage of the recruitment process. Operational firefighter Melinda McDonald shares some tips to ensure you deliver a confident and effective message.
December 19, 2022
How do we effectively implement diversity and inclusion policies in emergency management sector practices?
November 24, 2022
Well­be­ing Aus­tralia is proud to be host­ing a dis­cus­sion recog­nis­ing the impact­ful role of women in leadership.  Key themes of dis­cus­sion include; The future of lead­er­ship for women Per­son­al reflec­tions and growth for pro­fes­sion­al success Rela­tion­ships for success The holis­tic world of female leaders Chang­ing work­place culture Gen­uine diver­si­ty and inclu­sion across industries Youth and emerg­ing female lead­ers, gain­ing balance
November 7, 2022
The WAFA annu­al gen­er­al meet­ing was held tonight and the new board was con­firmed for 2023: