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Victoria urgently needs more Firefighters
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Secrecy on CFA data, child safety
The CFA is withholding response time data – because it says the release of this information would affect confidence in the CFA!
Tagged with: australia, CFA, Country Fire Authority, Denis Napthine, Dr Napthine, melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, MFB, Napthine Government, Ombudsman, Peter marshall, UFU, union, united firefighters union, victoria, Victorian Government
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Emergency services Staff numbers hit
Napthine Government budget cuts hit 000 call takers – you’ll wait longer for help if emergency call takers are busy.
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Radio silence in the field with digital void
The government’s much-touted new CFA radios fail again – no amount of press releases will make them work inside buildings.
Tagged with: australia, CFA, Country Fire Authority, Denis Napthine, Fire, fire service levy, firefighter, firefighters, fireservice, government, melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, MFB, Napthine Government, Peter marshall, UFU, united firefighters union, victoria, Victorian Government, Wangaratta
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Injured fireman slams MFB truck push
A firefighter who suffered facial burns during an explosion has criticised the fire brigade for arguing it should be allowed to send a single fire truck to bin fires in the city.
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Mine blaze pay fight
MFB firefighters who begun legal action against the MFB for pay owing from the Hazelwood fire. Firefighters put community first and family second to work long days amid high carbon monoxide levels, contaminated water, ash, smoke, and dangerous coal slides.
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Fireys’ fury over mine gases
Expert warnings on dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were withheld from firefighters battling the Hazelwood mine blaze, and many became ill or were hospitalised.
Tagged with: australia, CFA, Country Fire Authority, Denis Napthine, Dr Napthine, Fire, fire station, firefighter, firefighters, government, Hazelwood, Hazelwood mine blaze, melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, MFB, Napthine Government, Peter marshall, UFU, united firefighters union, victoria
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Morwell & Firefighters protest cutbacks
Morwell residents are marching in Melbourne today with firefighters to protest the Napthine Government’s cutbacks to community protection.
Tagged with: australia, Bushfires Royal Commission, CFA, Country Fire Authority, Denis Napthine, Dr Napthine, Fire, fire station, firecrisis, firefighter, firefighters, government, Grampians fire, January heatwave, melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade, MFB, Morwell, Napthine Government, victoria
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Morwell Firefighters Seek Prosecution
A leaked letter says Victorian fire services were warned that they were making firefighters work in the Hazelwood mine with arbitrary and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in their blood.
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Firefighters remind the Premier of the failed 2010 promise for 342 extra CFA firefighters
Bendigo members of the United Firefighters Union of Australia and the Health and Community Services Union let Denis Napthine know they weren’t happy with him yesterday.
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