News Posts
Please click on the below articles to ensure you are informed and up to date with all our news items.
For enquiries please complete the form on our contacts page.
MASSIVE WIN FOR WORKERS:
After more than a year of relentless advocacy, the Intractable Bargaining amendments have today passed the House of Representatives. This is a landmark victory that strengthens protections for workers across ...
A Heart-Stopping Reunion
A 16-year-old boy who suffered a cardiac arrest at work has been reunited with the first responders who helped save his life. Alex Harbour was clinically dead for almost 10 ...
Northcote, you’re paying more than ever through the fire services levy.
So why aren’t communities seeing the investment, trucks and resources they were promised? We’ve been out speaking with locals and asking a simple question: Are you happy with the Labor ...
Ticking Timebomb: Firefighters Warn of AI Data Centre Expansion
You heard correctly. Our local firefighters are worried about the “Ticking Timebomb” the Allan Labor government is fast-tracking into our neighbourhoods, next to our schools and even under our feet. ...
No Pay Rise in 6 Years!
No pay rise for 6 years. The corporate and technical staff who support Fire Rescue Victoria’s operations have kept showing up, despite rising living costs and increasing pressures. They play ...
Time and time and time again, we have warned, it’s going to lead to a death. Then what. Do we still accept this. (Win News)
Time and time and time again, we have warned, it’s going to lead to a death. Then what. Do we still accept this. FRV Commission Gavin Freeman has disappeared. No ...
Hughesy fires up over Victoria’s Emergency Services Levy!
Victorians are paying more, so where is the money going? Because it certainly doesn’t seem to be making its way back into the fire service. If communities are paying more, ...
Supporting the CHARGE Syndrome community and the families, carers and individuals who show incredible strength every day
CHARGE Syndrome is a rare genetic condition that can affect hearing, vision, balance, growth, development and multiple body systems. While the challenges can be significant, so too is the resilience, ...
Firefighters Informing the Community of the FRV mess in Cranbourne
Firefighters were out in Cranbourne asking the public: would you vote for Pauline Richards and this Government at the November election? This Government has ignored community safety and allowed these ...
Labor Forced to Fix Ghost Fire Station – Sky News
United Firefighter Union Delegate Simon Thomas finally gets a response from Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after local firefighters were at their wits’ end, unable to speak to anyone about the ...
Vicki Ward, Jaclyn Symes, Jacinta Allan Watches the Population Grow & Emergency Service Needs for the Community Increase – Their MO – Double the Tax & Do Nothing
Firefighters silent protest against the government doubling the Emergency Services Tax and overseeing the drastic decline in the services, the capability to support the community all serving to increase the ...