WAFES Awards

The WA Fire and Emergency Services (WAFES) Awards are an opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of volunteer and career personnel throughout Western Australia.

Nominations for the 2022 WAFES Awards have now closed. Finalists will be announced on Wednesday 29 June and winners on Saturday 10 September at the awards gala dinner.

Endorsed volunteers and DFES staff can access tickets to the dinner when completing their WAFES Conference registration in June and July. Remaining tickets will be available in August.

Youth awards

Individual awards

Team awards

Nominations

Additional information

Nominations

Nominations can be submitted by a Western Australian emergency services volunteer, Department of Fire and Emergency Services staff member or a member of the community.

Nominations must be submitted through the online nomination system on the DFES website at dfes.wa.gov.au/wafesawards by 9:00am on Monday 2 May 2022.

All sections of the online nomination must be completed. Response to the nomination criteria must meet a minimum word limit of 300 words and a maximum of 1000 words.

By accepting a nomination, all nominees, finalists and winners agree for their photographs, profiles, video footage and other details to be used for promotional purposes by DFES and the Government of Western Australia.

A nomination is not considered submitted, and therefore not eligible for further consideration, until a successful nomination email from the Awards Force online nomination system is received.
Once nominations are submitted, all staff and volunteers will be subject to further endorsement by Corporate Executive and Professional Standards. DFES may refuse to proceed with a nomination at any time where a nominee is under investigation or has unresolved issues with the Department, local government authority or another government agency.

Eligibility

Nominees must be employed by DFES, or an active DFES or Bush Fire Brigade volunteer.

A nominee may only be nominated in one award category (team or individual) in any year.

Nominees who are volunteers must have been active within the past 12 months at the time the nomination is lodged, with reasonable belief they will be in the role until March 2023.

Staff must have been employed by DFES for a minimum of six of the previous 12 months, with reasonable belief they will continue their employment until March 2023.

Previous nominees, finalists and winners of a category may be nominated again in the same category.

Nomination endorsement

The nominee (or one representative from a nominated team) must review their nomination, agree to being nominated and accept the 2022 WAFES Awards terms and conditions, before the nomination is submitted.

Nominations must be endorsed by the nominees supervisor as follows:

Volunteer (individual and teams)	Brigade, Group or Unit Leader or Area Officer or District Officer
Staff	Line manager or member of a higher rank

A nomination submitted by an Area Officer or District Officer must be endorsed by an alternative referee.

Judging

All nominees must agree to abide by the decisions of the judging panels. No appeals will be considered.

Due to the number of entries and the capacity of judging panels, no feedback will be provided on nominations submitted.

Finalists and Winners

All finalists must agree to be available at their brigade, group, unit or worksite between June and August 2022 to take part in filming and photography that will be used for promotional purposes.

All winners and finalists agree to be ambassadors in promoting the WAFES Awards.

Gala dinner event

Winners will be announced at a gala dinner in September 2022.

Individual finalists will receive two complimentary invitations to attend the gala dinner. Team finalists will receive four complimentary invitations to attend the gala dinner.

Finalists attending the gala dinner may be eligible for travel and accommodation entitlements, as outlined in the 2022 WAFES Conference Terms and Conditions.

Finalists accessing travel and accommodation entitlements agree to the 2022 WAFES Conference Terms and Conditions.

Travel and accommodation expenses will not be met for guests of finalists, judges, volunteers, nominees or other members of staff.

Finalists and guests under 18 years of age must attend with a parent or guardian.

Finalists and guests who register to attend the gala dinner and do not notify DFES of their cancellation at least two weeks prior to the event, may be charged the full cost of their ticket ($300) for non-attendance.

Prize money

All volunteer finalists and winners are eligible for the following prize money:

Individual finalist	$100
Individual winner	$200
Team finalist	$200
Team winner	$300

Moving Elements

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Youth awards

Individual awards

Team awards

Nominations

Additional information

WAFES awards

Youth awards

Firefighting Youth Achievement Award

Marine Rescue Youth Achievement Award

State Emergency Service Youth Achievement Award

Individual awards

Career Fire and Rescue Service Individual Achievement Award

DFES Operational Staff Individual Achievement Award

DFES Corporate Staff Individual Achievement Award

Marine Rescue Individual Achievement Award

Murray Lang Bush Fire Service Award

Peter Keillor Award

Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Individual Achievement Award

Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service Individual Achievement Award

Team awards

Firefighting Team Achievement Award

Marine Rescue Team Achievement Award

State Emergency Service Team Achievement Award

Nominations

Additional information