Media Release – Melbourne Firefighters Left Stranded as Trucks Breakdown
UNION PUTS VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ON NOTICE AS LATE FIRE SEASON AND AGING, BROKEN-DOWN FLEET PUTS LIVES AT RISK!
MEDIA RELEASETuesday, February 13, 2024 Victorian firefighters have issued an urgent appeal for an upgrade to their aging fleet of trucks and equipment, warning that lives are at risk as the state faces the worst fire conditions seen since the devasting 2019-2020 bushfires. United Firefighters Union Victorian Branch Secretary Peter Marshall last night wrote to […]
Andrew’s Government sells out Victorian firefighters over cancer protection!
MEDIA RELEASEJune 9, 2023 The Andrews Government has sold out Victoria’s professional firefighters by announcing that it would only add three cancers instead of eight cancers to presumptive legislation to protect professional firefighters, putting Victoria entirely out of step with the Federal Government. United Firefighters Union Victorian Branch Secretary Peter Marshall said that the announcement […]
UFU Media Release
Wednesday 15 January 2020 Federal Royal Commission should not be called, specialist COAG Audit Committee to instead review the Recommendations from all previous bushfire-related Inquiries The United Firefighters Union of Australia (“UFUA”) has written to the Prime Minister, calling for the establishment of a COAG Committee to audit all Recommendations made in previous federal and […]
UFU Media Release: UFU welcomes Andrews Gov’s announcement of jail time, $6.4m fines for illegal dumpers
Today’s announcement has been welcomed by Victoria’s career firefighters, as it is a further step by the Andrews Government to protect career firefighters from the illegal activities of toxic waste dumpers.
UFU Media Release – Independent Report into Victorian Fire Services Workplace Culture
18-10-04 UFU VIC MEDIA RELEASE
Fiskville crisis escalates as 323 victims come forward
The Fiskville toxic exposure crisis is escalating with 323 volunteer and career firefighters now having come forward to seek advice and support after being knowingly exposed to toxic contamination at the CFA Fiskville training site in Victoria.
Paramedics and firefighters say Cash’s bill risks community safety
Today, representatives of Victoria’s career firefighters and paramedics will give evidence to an Senate Committee hearing looking at the Turnbull Government’s radical and unjustified intervention into the State’s emergency services.
New CFA data shows response time crisis: Liberals failing Victorians
New data released today shows the failure of the previous Victorian Liberal Government to implement the findings of the 2009 Bushfire Royal Commission.
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS LAUNCH ‘JUSTICE FOR FISKVILLE’
Firefighters from the CFA and MFB will meet on the steps of Parliament today to launch the ‘Justice for Fiskville’ campaign. The campaign will advocate for firefighters exposed to toxic contamination at the Fiskville CFA training facility, west of Melbourne.
Justice for Fiskville has been established in response to community concern that victims of Fiskville are not being properly identified and tested. The campaign asks the Andrews Government to take carriage of blood testing and calls on those responsible to be held accountable.