This Ladder Platform at Fire Station 67 Ballarat City is now 7 years past its service life—and it’s failing exactly how you’d expect.
During a routine rescue training drill, the truck repeatedly cuts out. Not once. Not twice. Over and over—captured on video.
This appliance is fitted with a backup motor — designed to take over in a failure and keep firefighters out of danger.
But even that isn’t enough anymore.
This isn’t just frustrating — it’s dangerous.
If this was a real rescue, lives would be on the line.
Firefighters and mechanics are fed up. Breakdowns like this are becoming the norm as ageing trucks are pushed well beyond their limits.
It’s now so common that crews are recording training sessions expecting failures, just to gather evidence.
Fire trucks have a service life for a reason.
Ignore it — and the consequences escalate.
How many failures does it take before the Allan Government acts?