Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to LA.
UFU SECRETARY PETER MARSHALL – RESPONSE TO IBAC – WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ THE RESPONSE
Ex minister Jaclyn Symes, Premier and Labor Caucus causing untold damage to our Fire Service. The height of ignorance! world class???
Luke Alexander, UFU Delegate Mildura joined ABC Statewide to discuss Victoria’s Fire Truck Crisis.
What is the Government waiting for? Another LA?
Our Fire Rescue Fleet is anything but ‘World Class’ as claimed by the Government. Reinstate the Rolling Replacement Fleet NOW!
Priorities all wrong under Labor Allan Government!
Victorians are experiencing a Fire Truck Crisis, with a Fleet that is out of date and not fit for purpose. Calls for urgent funding and investment required to protect Victorians when its needed most continue be ignored, yet when it comes to international junkets it’s a free for all! How can Premier Jacinta Allan and […]
Today’s Front Page of The Age features Victoria’s Fire Truck Crisis
Most of Victoria’s urban fire trucks will have exceeded their replacement age by 2025 and are already prone to mechanical problems that can hamper response capacity, firefighters say. Firefighters argue their equipment is leaving them exposed to increasing dangers and affecting their ability to turn out quickly to incidents. In one recent instance of equipment […]
Safety Hazards on Old Faulty Trucks as Temperatures Rise
s temperatures soar across Victoria, Fire Rescue Victoria’s fleet is showing serious faults. Overheating trucks and ineffective air conditioning are becoming a growing concern at multiple locations, creating major safety risks for our firefighters and the community. Firefighters can’t control the extreme heat or the heavy protective gear they must wear, but they should be […]
1991 We Fought For Just With A Bad Government. Fast Forward to Today and We Have Another Irresponsible Government
On the 1st of February 1991 400 Professional Firefighters with almost 100 MFB appliances marched to the headquarters of the Industrial Relations Commission. Of the 46 MFB stations 23 were closed such was the disgust by firefighters at the treatment by the government of the day and the MFB Board. It’s surreal that 33 years later […]
Another Critical FRV IT Applications Outage
Well, FRV has started 2025 the same way they finished 2024, with failures of the IT system on the 19th of December 2024 repeating today in 2025. Nothing critical though, just the phones, and the WiFi, and the station turn out system, and the vehicle tracking system, and the mapping system, and the event tracking […]