Firefighters at Fire Station 85 Boronia have been stuck at the station all afternoon after their truck broke down. Mechanics worked for hours before Scania technicians arrived just after 7pm – only to discover they had to drive back to a warehouse to search for the parts needed to get the fire truck back on the road. This is the reality of Victoria’s fire truck fleet: propped up, patched together, and limping from one emergency to the next.
This is a fire service at Breaking Point.
This is a fire crisis unfolding in real time.
And this is not what Victorians are paying for with their skyrocketing Emergency Services Levy. Victorians deserve a fire service they can rely on – not one left stranded while broken trucks sit idle.
