United Firefighters Union Of Aust Tasmanian Branch

What United Firefighters Union Of Aust Tasmanian Branch does

United Firefighters Union of Australia (Tasmanian Branch), commonly known as UFUA Tasmania or UFU Tasmania, is a non-profit trade union and registered organisation representing professional firefighters employed by the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS). Founded in 1974 as part of the broader United Firefighters' Union of Australia, the branch operates from its headquarters at 265 Macquarie Street, Hobart, and is governed by a Branch Committee of Management (BCOM) under the national UFUA structure. The Tasmanian Branch is led by Secretary Leigh Hills, with Peter Marshall serving as National Secretary at the federation level as of 2026.

The branch delivers a portfolio of advocacy, representation, and member-support services rather than commercial products. Core service lines include industrial representation and enterprise bargaining (the Firefighting Industry Agreement was renewed on 6 March 2023 after expiry in June 2021), workplace health and safety advocacy (including PFAS contamination and issue resolution procedures), superannuation guidance, workers compensation support, and a Firefighter Cancer Mitigation Program tied to the union's presumptive legislation advocacy. The branch operates a website (ufutas.asn.au), RSS feed, and email distribution as its primary member and public communication channels, and runs a community-facing Fire Safety Campaign.

The branch's business model is funded by member subscriptions and union dues, with financial details not publicly disclosed. Membership is open to TFS-employed professional firefighters. Notable strategic positioning includes Tasmania being the first Australian state to introduce presumptive legislation for firefighters (12 cancers in 2013), expanded to 21 cancers including a world-first addition of uterine cancer in 2023 under the Rockcliff Government. The branch holds the registered Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation trademark and maintains alliances with the Global Alliance of Firefighting Unions, the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), and the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU). Tasmanian firefighters remain the lowest paid in Australia, and key unresolved advocacy issues include superannuation parity (10% versus 14% in other jurisdictions), penalty rates, and PFAS-related compensation.

Name

United Firefighters Union Of Aust Tasmanian Branch

Legal name

United Firefighters' Union of Australia (Tasmanian Branch)

Website

https://ufutas.asn.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The United Firefighters Union of Australia (Tasmanian Branch) is a Hobart-based trade union representing professional firefighters employed by the Tasmania Fire Service, providing industrial bargaining, workplace safety advocacy, and presumptive cancer legislation support.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Hobart

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

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GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

The UFUA Tasmania Branch is a labor union that exclusively represents professional firefighters employed by the Tasmania Fire Service. It provides industrial representation, enterprise bargaining, workplace health and safety advocacy, presumptive cancer legislation campaigning, PFAS contamination compensation advocacy, superannuation reform support, and workers compensation services to its members.

Product overview

The United Firefighters Union of Australia Tasmanian Branch (UFUA Tasmania) is a labor union representing professional firefighters in Tasmania. The organization does not offer a technology product in the traditional SaaS sense. Its services include union membership, industrial advocacy and negotiation, workplace health and safety representation, training resources, superannuation support, awards and agreements administration, and various member resources such as shift calendars, workers compensation guidance, and firefighter cancer mitigation support.

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Quantifiable outcome

• Tasmanian Rockcliff Government committed to 21 cancers under presumptive legislation - believed to be the highest number of cancers covered under presumptive legislation globally

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Global Alliance of Firefighting UnionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2023The UFUA maintains membership in the Global Alliance of Firefighting Unions, participating in international forums on firefighter safety, PFAS regulation, and occupational cancer research. The alliance enables sharing of best practices and coordinated advocacy at international levels.
• International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2023The UFUA collaborates with IAFF on firefighter safety standards, occupational cancer research, and presumptive legislation. IAFF Trustee Alex Forrest presented at the 2022 UFUA Professional Firefighters Cancer Forum on scientific research and North American presumptive legislation.
• New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2014Trans-Tasman unity strengthened through combined UFUA and NZPFU National Committee of Management meetings. The partnership focuses on shared advocacy on occupational health, safety, and firefighter welfare issues affecting both countries.

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Direct peers

• UFUA Queensland Branch: Sister UFUA branch representing Queensland firefighters. Same federation, parallel industrial and cancer/PFAS advocacy agenda, larger jurisdictional scale.
• UFUA Victoria Branch: Sister UFUA branch representing Victorian professional firefighters. Closest comparand in pay structure and presumptive legislation maturity to Tasmania, often the benchmark for Tasmanian industrial negotiations.
• UFUA Western Australia Branch: Sister UFUA branch for Western Australian firefighters. Same federation governance, comparable industrial bargaining function with WA-specific state context.
• UFUA South Australia Branch: Sister UFUA branch for South Australian professional firefighters. Same union structure, member type, and advocacy priorities.
• UFU Aviation Branch: Sister branch of UFUA representing aviation firefighters within the same national federation. Same union structure and advocacy themes, applied to a specialized firefighter sub-segment.
• United Firefighters Union of Australia (National): The parent national body of UFUA Tasmania, representing ~11,000 professional firefighters across Australia. Directly comparable as the parent union sharing governance, advocacy themes, and the same membership constituency.
• New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU): Trans-Tasman counterpart union explicitly partnered with UFUA through joint NCOM meetings. Directly comparable as a national professional firefighter union with shared occupational health, PFAS, and cancer advocacy agenda.
• UFUA ACT Branch: Sister branch of UFUA covering Australian Capital Territory firefighters. Same union federation, same membership type, parallel enterprise bargaining and advocacy function in a different state.

Broad incumbents

• International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF): Global AFL-CIO affiliated firefighter union (300,000+ members). Comparable as the largest professional firefighter union body worldwide; IAFF Trustee Alex Forrest has presented at UFUA forums on presumptive cancer legislation.

Regional players

• Fire Brigades Employees' Union (FBEU NSW): Australian firefighter union covering NSW under a different federation structure (United Workers Union). Comparable in serving professional firefighters in a single Australian state but represents an alternative union federation model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

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