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Why Are Premier Jacinta Allan & Treasurer Symes Hiding the Facts?

Why does Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes hide the truth. Jacinta Allan refuses to admit that funding to our Emergency Services has been cut, despite the introduction of a great big new tax. Further, It is just silly behavior that Premier Jacinta Allan, Treasurer Jaclyn Symes and Minister Vicki Ward hide and only […]

GOOD NEWS FROM A TOUGH WEEK

Amid last week’s catastrophic fires, an FRV strike team was deployed to the Longwood Fire to carry out asset protection in the Bonnie Doon area. In a powerful twist of fate, the house being defended by FRV crews belonged to the parents of an FRV firefighter. UFU members worked tirelessly under extreme conditions to protect […]

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE

Firefighters from Fire Station 59 Derrimut were responding to a chemical factory fire when the fire truck supplying the ladder platform suffered a catastrophic pump failure, causing the water delivery system to explode and fail. This failure delayed firefighting operations and turned an already dangerous incident into an even more critical situation on a catastrophic […]

Melbourne’s Northwest Has Run Out of Firetrucks!

Melbourne’s Northwest has run out of Fire Trucks on a catastrophic fire danger day. Despite warnings over many years this is solely a result of inaction by the Government (Premier, Treasurer, Minister and their advisers) as well as the Commissioner of FRV. The community is in massive danger as a result of their wrongful leadership.

The People of Victoria Deserve So Much Better Than This Wrongful Spin!

Minister Steve Dimopoulos Speaks on behalf of the Premier Jacinta Allan, Treasurer Jaclyn Symes, Emergency Services Minister Vicki Ward as well the whole Victorian ALP. Whether he is misinformed, unable to understand the truth or for some other augmented reason he should apologise to all Victorian’s and Firefighters now! The Victorian ALP Government should own […]