Firefighters at Fire Station 44 Sunshine just had their decade-old Teleboom fire truck return to service—only for it to fail again and be taken offline days later. This isn’t a maintenance issue. The truck is simply beyond its use-by date.
As a replacement, they were given another outdated truck—without aerial rescue capability. Upon inspection, firefighters found cracks in the bodywork. Mechanics confirmed it was unsafe and took it offline.
This was the last remaining spare truck for all of Metropolitan Melbourne last week.
Firefighters have lost confidence in their fleet and FRV Commissioner Freeman.
Victorians are being put at risk due to an outdated, failing fire truck fleet!