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Metro Tunnel Rescue Risk

With the Metro Tunnel opening soon, FRV’s Executive Team has failed to forward plan — allowing critical rescue equipment to go out of date.

This gear is essential for underground rescues. Without it, firefighters can’t do their job safely — and the public is put at risk.

UFU Delegate Kristian Tuul says it plainly:

“We feel that the community should know this, because if we don’t feel safe, they shouldn’t feel safe either.”

FRV has had a long time to prepare. Their failure is unacceptable — and dangerous.

This is yet another example of why FRV employees and firefighters voted 90.85% No Confidence in Commissioner Gavin Freeman.

The UFU acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present.

The UFU supports the call of First Nations peoples for a Voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the Constitution.

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