News Posts
Please click on the below articles to ensure you are informed and up to date with all our news items.
For enquiries please complete the form on our contacts page.
Commissioner Gavin Freeman, Emergency Services Minister Paul Edbrooke and Ben Carroll along with Jaclyn Symes have been involved in a cover up
Commissioner Gavin Freeman, Emergency Services Minister Paul Edbrooke and Ben Carroll have been involved in a cover up when it comes to the Fire Truck Crisis being experienced in Victoria. ...
Breaking: Victorian Auditor General Report into Fire Truck Crisis:
Fire authorities need an estimated $1.5 billion between 2024–25 and 2033–34 to address critical fire truck replacement and upgrade needs. But they only have around one-quarter of the funding they ...
WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT THE PROTECTORS?
Over the past two days, firefighters have taken their fight directly to Premier Ben Carroll and Minister Paul Edbrooke’s offices. 67% of Fire Rescue Victoria’s fire trucks are past their ...
3AW Firefighters Protest Outside Ben Carroll’s Office
Hundreds of firefighters have gathered outside his office in Niddrie. Listen to Tom Elliott Now – CLICK HERE
Will Premier Ben Carroll Support Local Firefighters
Ben Carroll is refusing to provide a safe workplace for Victoria’s Firefighters. Will he come and meet them today to hear their concerns? #firecrisisvictoria #victoria #Niddrie
Paul Edbrooke Emergency Services Minister Turns His Back on the Community & Firefighters
Beach Street in Frankston was blocked off today as firefighters rallied outside the electorate office of local MP and Emergency Services Minister Paul Edbrooke. Edbrooke did not appear at the ...
Fed Up Firefighters Take Fight to Minister Edbrooke
Minister for Emergency Services, Paul Edbrooke, is failing Firefighters and the Community. #firecrisisvictoria #victoria #frankston
BEN CARROLL. PAUL EDBROOKE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE COMING TO YOUR ELECTORATES
67% of FRV fire trucks are past their service life. Victorians are paying twice as much emergency services tax while getting less fire service. Firefighters haven’t had a pay rise ...
Victorian ALP Government & FRV Executive Leadership Are Failing the Community & Firefighters
Victoria’s firefighters are being failed by the very government that sends them into burning buildings. Imagine running into a burning house to save someone’s family, only to discover your fire ...
BROKEN-DOWN FIRE TRUCKS. BROKEN PROMISES
This is what a fire service in crisis looks like. 67% of FRV’s fire truck fleet is past its service life, and now we’re seeing trucks breaking down and being ...
FORMER FIREFIGHTER. CURRENT MINISTER
Paul Edbrooke likes to trade on his firefighting past for political PR. But today, he is backing unprecedented attacks in the Fair Work Commission on the safe working conditions firefighters ...
ITS A START BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
Firefighters welcome the commitment to deliver 50 new fire trucks and ensure no Fire Rescue Victoria fire truck operates beyond its 15-year service life. But firefighters and Victorian communities need ...