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 service life. Firefighters have spent years protecting Victorians through major fires and COVID, facing dangerous chemicals and carcinogens along the way.
Their reward? Six years without a pay rise — and now a fight to protect the safe working conditions that help them get home to their families.
Paul Edbrooke likes to remind everyone he’s a former firefighter. Yet is now signing off on submissions to Fair Work that threaten protections he once benefited from himself.
Firefighters don’t want to spend their time fighting for their own safety. They want to do their jobs, protect the community and return home safely.
But they will not back down.
We will keep campaigning for the safety of Victorian firefighters and the communities they protect until the Carroll Government signs off on the protections we need.
If this government refuses to listen, firefighters will take that fight to the upcoming election.
Victorians deserve safe fire services. Firefighters deserve to come home safely.
The question remains: WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT THE PROTECTORS?