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 […]
Fire Trucks Fails at Grampians Fire!
Victoria’s Fire Rescue Fleet continues to let down our hardworking firefighters and the communities they strive to protect. Multiple trucks broke down during strike team operations in Halls Gap, including: Photos show 5 fire crews stuck on the freeway as their outdated and unreliable trucks waited for help. Firefighters are ready to put their lives […]
UFU Xmas BBQ Breakup
Thank you to our members, staff and supporters who were able to come along and enjoy our annual Christmas BBQ breakup. In what has been a very challenging year we are grateful for all the support received and wonderful efforts of our staff. The event was well attended and everyone enjoyed being able to share […]
Empty Bay as CBD left without critical Resource
A vital fire truck dedicated to responding to emergencies in Melbourne’s CBD has been taken out of commission following two catastrophic failures. First, the truck overheated while responding to a house fire, leaving it unable to perform its critical role of supporting move-up capability for fire stations across metropolitan Melbourne. The next day, during a […]
Fire Truck breaks down at Halls Gap, No Spares Available
As Victoria braced for ‘uncontrollable’ fire conditions on Boxing Day, Fire Rescue Victoria’s Fleet was left flailing. Following the breakdown of a Fire Truck whilst on strike team deployment to Halls Gap,critical time was lost as there were NO SPARE TRUCKS available and temperatures soared! A “spare” Truck had to be sent from Derrimut to […]
Victoria’s Power Supply Under Threat Because the Labor Government and Minister Jaclyn Symes Failed to Act to Warning’s Over a Long Period of Time!
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Feature a Story on how Victoria’s Fire Truck Crisis is threatening power supply in multiple states. For the full story CLICK HERE
Fire Rescue Victoria/UFU Members answer the call to assist in the fight against the Grampians fire.
On Friday, December 20th, 5 Pumper Tankers and their crew of firefighters from Fire Rescue Victoria answered the call to assist in the fight against the Grampians fire. It’s common to think that FRV only tackles house fires, but our UFU members are highly trained to combat wildfires across the entire state. They are ready […]
FRV FATCATS Get Xmas Cheers – Leaving Long Suffering Unrewarded Workers Way Behind
How many times have we heard from Commissioner Freeman that FRV is constrained by Government Wages Policy??? Well apparently that policy doesn’t apply to him! Whilst corporate staff, the backbone of the fire service, have had no pay increase for 4 years Firefighter strike teams have been deployed to protect the community – no pay […]
Ballarat & Lucas Members Always There for Our Community
A big thank you to our Ballarat and Lucas members for their wonderful work in collecting Toys for kids for the Ballarat Foundation. Well done all!