Fire Rescue Victoria Policy is that vehicles are to be replaced at a maximum of 15 years.
There are over 70 firetrucks which are so old they should be off the road including one truck which is over 30 years old. This is putting lives at serious risk.
Fire Rescue Victoria provided a formal submission to the Government requesting 20 new firetrucks to ensure the fleet is modern, safe and capable. They also identified 15 ageing trucks with heavy rescue capability for which there is no back-up if they break down.
The Allan Government ignored that submission, leaving firefighters with ageing equipment which puts the community and firefighters at risk.
The Allan Government is risking Firefighter’s ability to help the community, you and your family.
Below are real examples of the reality of the Fire Truck Crisis. FRV fire fighters are face danger on a daily basis. Our Fire Fighters and you, the Community have been placed by this Government through their inaction at an unacceptable risk.
Further, your council rates currently include a fire levy that is meant to fund fire trucks and equipment to protect your family. However, the Allan Government want to bring in a new tax – almost doubling the current fire levy. This new tax will be funding existing services that your taxes already pay for and the levy will not fix the crisis.
The Allan Government’s new tax is wrong!
You can stop this new tax and help fix the Truck Crisis.
Please read our posts the posts and complete the petition.
Help us hold the Allan Government accountable.
With the lives lost on the roads hitting a record high, firefighters are forced to choose between putting their lives
2 Trucks Offline — Including Critical Rescue Ladder Platform The Dandenong Fire Station has been dealt a serious blow —
A 15 year old Fire Truck, that should have been taken off the road in June, has been spotted being
Jacinta Allan is putting a $5billion tax on EVERY Victorian. In an attempt to Justify the Tax, Emergency Service Workers
FIRE TRUCK CRISIS: DANDENONG FIREFIGHTERS LEFT STRANDED While covering an incident, the Dandenong fire truck was relocated to Hallam —
Firefighter safety continues to be neglected by Jacinta Allan and Commissioner Freeman, with Out-of-Date and unreliable Trucks being left on
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Fire Station 44 — Sunshine has once again been left without its vital Teleboom fire truck. The appliance is more
And the incompetence continues from the FRV terrible trio led by the embattled commissioner Gavin Freeman. No wonder 91% of
Last night, firefighters at Fire Station 02 – West Melbourne went to start their fire truck at the beginning of
With IT spending more time out of action than working, at this point in time a tin can on string
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Fire Fighters responding to a structure fire in Carnegie, were inhibited by the lack of operational Aerial appliances available across
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View Post Across Regional Victoria out of date and unreliable Ladder Platforms are breaking down and being taken Out of
2 out of 3 fire trucks in Bendigo have been out of action this week. Things are so bad that
Last night in Bendigo, a frontline FRV fire truck failed during a fire attack — its water pump gave out
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In 2016 Bendigo was promised a Renovated Fire Station as part of the Black Saturday Royal Commission Recommendations. Firefighters and the
91% of Fire Rescue Victorian Personnel have expressed No Confidence in the Leadership of Commissioner Gavin Freeman. Freeman’s ineptitude is
