Last I Heard Was That PBI Shouldn't Have Been Issued As They Have Still Not Worked Out The Cleaning Process. This Came From Group Who Were Advised By SHQ. I Believe There Are Only 2 Groups That Have Not Given Out PBI.
Cyber - you need to get your G.O. to ring Amanda at Region One and speak to her, there is a process in place which is working well for cleaning the gear.
I know that your G.O. likes to be in control of EVERYTHING in that group but he has to let go a bit, why risk someone getting injured wearing non Australian Standard approved PPE when you've got the stuff sitting in a store room in a station.
Regional offices will supposedly have loan gear(10 sets)of NOMEX GEAR to swap until you get yours back.(Lead time about 3 weeks)
Why would Region be giving you Nomex, most people should still have Nomex sitting on their hook anyway to wear to grassies. We found that if you want the stuff cleaned quickly drop it off at Lion yourself, we picked it up three days later all ready to go.