Somerton firefighters were forced to crawl along the freeway at just 50km/h after their fire truck suffered a gearbox failure, with trucks flying past and no safe place to pull over.
The truck is THREE YEARS PAST ITS SERVICE LIFE.
And now, THREE DAYS LATER, there are still no replacement fire trucks available.
This is the reality of Victoria’s underfunded fire services under Labor.
Premier Ben Carroll and Minister Paul Edbrooke — how many more warnings do you need?
You can’t protect Victorians without reliable fire trucks.
Enough is enough!