Provided Emergency Earthmoving Equipment, Bulk Water Tankers and Mobile Refuelling Services to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services

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Department of Fire and Emergency Services awarded a contract to Blackwood Plant Hire (MP & SC Mead and The Trustees of the BVE Trust) for the provision of emergency earthmoving equipment, bulk water tankers, mobile refuelling services and suitably qualified operators to support emergency response, recovery and hazard management activities across Western Australia.

The panel arrangement supported DFES operations before, during and after emergencies — including bushfires, hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents, structural fires, natural hazards and post‑incident recovery — and covered services such as vegetation clearing and removal, debris and rubble removal, sand movement, provision of bulk water supplies for firefighting operations, and mobile refuelling of emergency response vehicles and equipment where fuel supplies were not otherwise available.

The panel was divided into nine geographic regions (Perth Metropolitan, South West, Lower South West, Great Southern, Upper Great Southern, Goldfields/Midlands, Midwest/Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley) and organised into three service categories: Earthmoving Equipment; Bulk Water Tankers; and Mobile Refuelling Services.

Panel members were engaged on an as‑required basis and could be placed on standby during periods of elevated emergency risk; no minimum volume or value of work was guaranteed under the arrangement.