Fire Fighting Industry Award
Covers both public-sector (state / government fire services) and private-sector (industrial site, airport) firefighters. Two sectors with substantially different rate structures - public-sector rates INCLUDE baked-in shift loading and average 40-hour loading per the pay-guide note. Standard rate is Private Sector Qualified Firefighter.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
Official Fair Work rates. This award’s minimum pay rates are synced directly from the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Awards Pay Database and updated automatically when the Commission changes them - including the annual wage review - so payroll always uses the current legal minimums without a manual update.
What's built
- All 9 public-sector classifications (with baked-in loadings) and 8 private-sector classifications at the 6 February 2026 figures.
- Recruit OT exception per Schedule A footnote 4 - 200% of total hourly ($50.50).
- Public-sector annual leave 65.06 days (cl. 24.3).
- Public-sector ordinary hours split - rostered 42h vs averaged 40h.
- Private-sector shiftworker OT corrected to 2.6 (200% × ordinary, cl. 22.3).
- Public-sector OT multipliers (181% / 226%) calculated relative to the loaded base rate to match the pay-guide hourly OT amounts.
- Paid meal break / rest break / crib / shower / retention min / recall min / TOIL / termination notice tiers wired in.
Known limitations
- Known design issue: the seeder bakes shift + 40hr loadings into base_weekly_rate for the public sector (now correct for QF+ and Recruit), but the data model is non-orthogonal. Audit recommends storing minimum + loading allowances separately in a future iteration.
Setup & special instructions
- Each employee must be assigned a sector - public_sector or private_sector - they're substantially different rate structures.
- Public-sector rates ALREADY INCLUDE shift loading and average 40-hour loading. Don't add a shift loading on top.
- Public-sector OT multipliers (181% / 226%) are calculated against the LOADED base rate (not the unloaded minimum). The resolver applies loaded × 1.81 to match the pay-guide hourly OT figures.
- Recruit OT is a special case - 200% of total hourly ($50.50) per Schedule A footnote 4, not the standard public-sector multiplier.
- • Fire fighting
- • Firefighters
- • Public fire services
- • Industrial firefighters
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the fire fighting award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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