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!
New Truck arrives in Shepparton
Following a campaign by local Firefighters and the Community raising concerns that a new Fire Truck originally planned for Shepparton was being redirected to Melbourne, we can report that a New Truck has arrived in Shepparton. In November UFU State Secretary, Peter Marshall, sent correspondence to Fire Rescue Victoria confirming that the UFU agrees that […]
Wayne Sheridan Receives UFU Thanks
Long Time Loyal Comrade Danny Ward Reports – Tony Branchflower, Joff and he visited a very sick member. Station Officer Wayne Sheridan also a loyal member and old D central shift mate who hasn’t long in our world. I’d heard he’d love to receive his UFU recognition artifacts, so we arranged that. Sadly He has terminal […]
TwentyMan Foundation Christmas Cave
Twentyman Foundation Reports – Our Christmas Cave was buzzing with holiday cheer today as we brought joy to over 180 families. The gratitude from parents was overwhelming, with many moved to tears, sharing how, without this support, their children would have faced a Christmas without gifts. Moments like these remind us why we do what we […]
UFU Members spreading Good Cheer every night at the Myer Windows!
UFU Members spreading Good Cheer every night at the Myer Windows, bringing huge smiles to kids of all ages!