Fire Fighting Industry Award 2020

This industry award covers employers throughout Australia in the fire fighting industry and their employees in the award to the exclusion of any other modern award.

'Fire fighting industry' means:

• The suppressing and extinguishing of fires;
• The provision of rescue services (other than by police, ambulance, a State Emergency Service or the military) at the scene of accidents, explosions or other emergencies;
• The handling of spillages of toxic or hazardous materials in emergency situations (other than in a marine environment or by an employer in relation to its own property, premises or products); andthe prevention of fires and the sale, supply, installation, maintenance, repair and/or inspection of fire protection equipment other than fixed or semi-fixed fire protection systems by an employer otherwise in the fire fighting industry by virtue of the suppressing and extinguishing of fires