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Sky News highlights the reality that the Vic ALP (Premier Allan and Treasurer Symes) have run our fire service to Breaking Point!
A new secret documentary, ‘Breaking Point’, filmed at Victorian fire stations, reveals the alarming unreliability of aging fire trucks. Over 500 breakdowns have been reported in the past year, with ...
UFU Members Gather in Force! Largest Ever Coming Together to Pass an Important Motion!
Victoria Trades Hall for one of the biggest Special General Meetings in recent memory. Members travelled from all over the state to be there — a clear sign of just how ...
BREAKING POINT! Coming Tonight at 18:30!
Breaking Point tells the inside story of Victoria’s current fire truck crisis as experienced by career firefighters on a daily basis. This documentary provides real insight into the challenges that ...
Bendigo Community & Fire Fighters are waiting and waiting and waiting for their new fire station to be built!
Construction was supposed to start in 2020, but five years later, nothing’s happened. #WINNews | Channel 8 & 80 (HD)
6 HOUR FRV IT SYSTEM FAILURE
Today, Fire Rescue Victoria’s critical IT system “FireCom” – used to track fire trucks and their status across Victoria – collapsed for six hours. This isn’t the first time. Two ...
They can keep flooding inboxes with their carefully worded emails, but let’s be honest — the FRV workforce unsubscribed from the FRV Executive Team a long time ago
After a 90.85% vote of NO CONFIDENCE, a damning People Matter Survey, and an fire truck crisis that is crumbling, there’s only one email they’re still willing to read — ...
Leaked documents show FRV’s top brass have known for a long time that Victoria’s fire truck fleet is in crisis
Leaked documents show FRV’s top brass have known for a long time that Victoria’s fire truck fleet is in crisis — with 132 trucks set to go beyond their 15-year ...
Victoria’s firefighting fleet is on the brink of crisis!
Leaked documents reveal that a staggering 144 fire trucks are in desperate need of replacement! Yet, Commissioner Gavin Freeman has been silent on this pressing issue. As firefighters and the ...
Incredible effort by the UFU members at FS53 Sunbury
A powerful reminder of the strength in our communities and the joy that simple acts of kindness can bring. All our support to Emmett and his family—true resilience in action. ...
FRV IN CRISIS: HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DOES MINISTER VICKI WARD NEED?
Only 21% of FRV employees responded to the People Matter Survey — a damning sign of a workforce that’s disengaged and disillusioned. Even among those who did respond, the message ...
UFU Members – Excellence in Emergency Medical Response
This morning, firefighters at Fire Station 70 Warrnambool responded to an Emergency Medical Response (EMR) call alongside Ambulance Victoria. After stabilising the patient, it became clear that the stairwell and ...
Kat Dunnell spoke with Tony McManus about his participation in FireOps 101
Kat Dunnell spoke with Tony McManus about his participation in FireOps 101. His officer for the day John Topic gets a shout out as well. To listen to the interview ...