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We Need Action, Not Words!
Today, while Commissioner Gavin Freeman was busy hosting the 2025 International Fire Service Leaders Roadshow, Victorian firefighters were reminded just how far his leadership has failed. Unlike fire chiefs from ...
Victorian Fire Season Peril – Critical Fire Truck and Equipment shortage!
Victoria’s Fire Truck Fleet is currently at Breaking Point. What will it take for Jacinta Allan to act on this crisis?? Find out more: www.breakingpoint.com.au
Significant Bushfire Outlook for Victoria!
A Significant Bushfire Outlook for Victoria. Will we have the Fire Trucks available to deal with it? Victoria’s Fleet is dangerously not fit for purpose. Find out more: www.breakingpoint.com.au
The UFU Victorian Branch is deeply saddened by today’s tragedy in Porepunkah
Two Victoria Police members have lost their lives, and another has suffered life-changing injuries while serving their community. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their families, their workmates, and ...
Save the Data. Rally to Scrap the Wrongful Emergency Services Tax!
Following the Success of the Wonthaggi Community Rally, another is set for Pakenham on 16 September. The Good Name of Emergency Service Workers should not be used to introduce a ...
Meet the latest Fire Ops 101 graduates who aren’t afraid of a little heat
The immersive program at the Fire Rescue Victoria Academy in Craigieburn gives participants a real-world glimpse into the physical and mental demands firefighters face every day. From battling fires in full ...
Firefighters do so much more than squirt the wet stuff on the red stuff, rescue kitties up trees and feature in sizzling hot Christmas calendars!
Firefighters also provide critical medical treatment when they arrive at accidents before ambos. They also have specialised, high-angle Rope Rescue teams for urban search and rescues in high places. When ...
Your Emergency Services Levy – Where’s it really going?
At only a half-day Fair Work Commission meeting this week, FRV and the Allan Government sent: • 2 King’s Counsel • 2 Barristers • SIX Solicitors (including partners from top-billing ...
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)