Firefighters at Fire Station 56 Melton are now on their second spare fire truck after their regular pumper went offline with faults.
The first spare truck failed, and now their second spare truck has suffered a critical failure during a house fire.
All three of these fire trucks have one thing in common—they are all approaching FRV’s 15-year service limit, yet there are no plans to replace them.
When fire trucks fail, response times suffer.
When response times suffer, lives are put at risk.
Firefighters are being forced to rely on aging, unreliable trucks to protect the community—and themselves.
This is how unstable and stretched thin Fire Rescue Victoria’s fleet has become. Premier Allan can’t keep ignoring this crisis—Victorians’ safety is at stake.
