Fire stations across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are missing critical aerial fire trucks, leaving communities dangerously exposed. Right now, these specialist appliances are offline due to faults or maintenance:
🚒 Ringwood – Teleboom unavailable
🚒 Oakleigh – Teleboom unavailable
🚒 Sunshine – Teleboom unavailable
🚒 East Melbourne – 27-year-old ladder platform unavailable
🚒 Dandenong – Ladder platform unavailable
With no Ringwood teleboom, fires in Croydon, Nunawading, and Mitcham must wait for backup from distant stations—wasting valuable minutes when every second counts. Firefighters don’t have confidence in their equipment or the FRV executive team to keep them or the public safe.
Pictured here is Leading Firefighter Blundell with the tallest firefighting capability in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs—a basic step ladder. This is what firefighters are left with while they wait for aerial trucks that may never arrive.
The eastern suburbs pay for full fire protection, but they’re not getting it. The government must act now before lives are lost.
Photo Source – Herald Sun Melbourne
