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Victoria urgently needs more Firefighters
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Fire levy pays for lawyers’ bills
The MFB has confirmed it used nearly $5 million of Fire Services Levy money to pay lawyers and consultants in the past year.
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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!
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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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Union slams cancer report
Firefighters have attacked the methodology and lack of consultation in a cancer study on the CFA’s notorious Fiskville fire ground. The CFA has previously apologised for using dumped toxic chemicals in firefighting training.
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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.
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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.
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