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From Pool to Puddle: Victoria’s Fire Truck Crisis

At Fire Station 87 in Dandenong, the station’s 15-year-old Ladder Platform is offline due to faults. On January 23rd, Commissioner Freeman praised FRV’s “pool of spare appliances” as the solution to replace broken-down trucks. On January 24th, firefighters were sent a 28-year-old “spare appliance” from the pool to fill the gap, but it broke down before […]

Labor Government continues to put Firefighters and communities lives at risk!

The Labor government despite desperate please to the past minister Jaclyn Symes and Premier Jacinta Allan have refused to act. Worsening an already desperate situation. They were brought to power on the promise of implementing fire services reform yet Jaclyn Symes did nothing. Where is the integrity in that!! Watch the video, contact your MP, […]

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Victorians are experiencing a Fire Truck Crisis, with a Fleet that is out of date and not fit for purpose.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 […]