Meet the latest Fire Ops 101 graduates who aren’t afraid of a little heat
The immersive program at the Fire Rescue Victoria Academy in Craigieburn gives participants a real-world glimpse into the physical and mental demands firefighters face every day. From battling fires in full protective gear and navigating smoke filled rooms to responding to car accidents, medical emergencies and hazmat incidents, participants were given an insight into the range […]
Firefighters do so much more than squirt the wet stuff on the red stuff, rescue kitties up trees and feature in sizzling hot Christmas calendars!
Firefighters also provide critical medical treatment when they arrive at accidents before ambos. They also have specialised, high-angle Rope Rescue teams for urban search and rescues in high places. When buildings collapse, firefighters save people under rubble with drills, jackhammers, cameras and acoustic listening devices. Firefighters also have marine specialists who extinguish fires at ports […]
Your Emergency Services Levy – Where’s it really going?
At only a half-day Fair Work Commission meeting this week, FRV and the Allan Government sent: • 2 King’s Counsel • 2 Barristers • SIX Solicitors (including partners from top-billing firms) • Acting Deputy Secretary Tony Matthews (Rumoured to be earning close to $500k per year) • FRV Executive Director of People & Culture Tom […]
Sky News highlights the reality that the Vic ALP (Premier Allan and Treasurer Symes) have run our fire service to Breaking Point!
A new secret documentary, ‘Breaking Point’, filmed at Victorian fire stations, reveals the alarming unreliability of aging fire trucks. Over 500 breakdowns have been reported in the past year, with many trucks past their 15-year use-by date. Firefighters Kat Dunell and Matt Morgan have joined the show to blow the whistle on the deadly failing […]
UFU Members Gather in Force! Largest Ever Coming Together to Pass an Important Motion!
Victoria Trades Hall for one of the biggest Special General Meetings in recent memory. Members travelled from all over the state to be there — a clear sign of just how united and committed our union is. A motion was passed unanimously in a powerful show of solidarity, with members informed, engaged, and ready to act. […]
BREAKING POINT! Coming Tonight at 18:30!
Breaking Point tells the inside story of Victoria’s current fire truck crisis as experienced by career firefighters on a daily basis. This documentary provides real insight into the challenges that your career firefighters are experiencing in protecting life and property. Victorian career firefighters on the front line share for the first time their harrowing, personal […]
Bendigo Community & Fire Fighters are waiting and waiting and waiting for their new fire station to be built!
Construction was supposed to start in 2020, but five years later, nothing’s happened. #WINNews | Channel 8 & 80 (HD)
6 HOUR FRV IT SYSTEM FAILURE
Today, Fire Rescue Victoria’s critical IT system “FireCom” – used to track fire trucks and their status across Victoria – collapsed for six hours. This isn’t the first time. Two years on from the December 2022 cyber attack that crippled FRV, and $30 million later on IT consultants, the system is still broken. It’s no […]
They can keep flooding inboxes with their carefully worded emails, but let’s be honest — the FRV workforce unsubscribed from the FRV Executive Team a long time ago
After a 90.85% vote of NO CONFIDENCE, a damning People Matter Survey, and an fire truck crisis that is crumbling, there’s only one email they’re still willing to read — and it better have “Resignation” in the subject line.
Leaked documents show FRV’s top brass have known for a long time that Victoria’s fire truck fleet is in crisis
Leaked documents show FRV’s top brass have known for a long time that Victoria’s fire truck fleet is in crisis — with 132 trucks set to go beyond their 15-year replacement age, critical aerial shortages already hitting, and less than half of required replacements planned. FRV Commissioner Gavin Freeman has repeatedly downplayed the risk — […]