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Members Bringing Understanding to the Community of Bayswater on the Perilous State of the Fire Service
Firefighters have been out in Bayswater talking to local residents about a simple question: where is their money going? Victorians are paying almost double the Fire Services Levy, yet firefighters ...
Fire Insiders Raise Alarm About Melbourne’s Data Center Expansion
Fire Rescue Victoria insiders say they are concerned about the risks posed by an influx of data centres in Melbourne’s west. The insiders say they are specifically worried about the ...
Congratulations to Health Services Rep and UFU Branch Committee of Management firefighter representative LFF Peter Schroder on his well deserved AFSM.
Congratulations to HSR and UFU BCOM firefighter representative LFF Peter Schroder on his well deserved AFSM. His dedication to the health and wellbeing of firefighters is second to none, and ...
RMIT Journalism Student Investigates Victoria’s Fire Truck Crisis!
RMIT journalism student Nicole Manolitsas has shone a spotlight on Victoria’s ageing fire truck fleet and the impact breakdowns are having on emergency response across the state. Through interviews with ...
Allan Government Must Step Up and Deliver for Armstrong Creek
Eight years on, a promised fire station remains undelivered. Union Delegate and Firefighter Stephen Tulla says questions remain over delays to Armstrong Creek’s promised fire station. Eight years after a ...
Bendigo firefighter accuses Premier Jacinta Allan of ignoring warnings over $2.4m fire station lying idle
Sky News – Read the Article CLICK HERE Bendigo firefighters say they have been unable to secure a meeting with local MP and Premier Jacinta Allan to discuss serious concerns ...
Promised in 2018. Still Waiting in 2026
9 NEWS June 2026 Eight years after a new fire station was promised for Armstrong Creek, firefighters and residents are still waiting for the facility to become a reality. A ...
Petition to Inquiry: Firefighters Recognised at Parliament
UFU firefighters Tom and Kristjan were welcomed to State Parliament yesterday to witness the presentation of the petition that helped pave the way for the Summer Bushfire Inquiry now underway. ...
You Cannot Make This Stuff Up. Victorian Labor Government Fails Our Community Again and Again Ad Nauseum!
Herald Sun May 2026 Eight years after the Andrews government promised a new station for Armstrong Creek, south of Geelong, local firefighters are operating from an unused plot of land, ...
Victorian Firefighters Renew Desperate Calls for Resources Needed to Protect the Community Which has Fallen on Deaf Ears at FRV and The Government for Many Years
9 Now Victorian firefighters have renewed their desperate calls for more resources, after the tragic death of toddler Jordan Dashwood yesterday. #9News Watch the Video
Firefighters union blames under-resourcing for delayed response to deadly Werribee blaze
ABC News The Victorian firefighters union says under-resourcing prevented crews from arriving sooner at a house fire in Werribee yesterday, which claimed the life of a child. Three-year-old Jordan Dashwood ...
Firefighter Burned at Norlane House Fire as Backup Delayed
A firefighter was burned at a house fire in Norlane this week. Not because they weren’t trained.Not because they failed to do their job. But because the backup truck that ...