REPORT FINDS MELBOURNE’S URBAN-RURAL FRINGE IS AMONG THE WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE TO BUSHFIRES
REPORT FINDS MELBOURNE’S URBAN-RURAL FRINGE IS AMONG THE WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE TO BUSHFIRES
The MFB has confirmed it used nearly $5 million of Fire Services Levy money to pay lawyers and consultants in the past year.
The CFA is withholding response time data – because it says the release of this information would affect confidence in the CFA!
Napthine Government budget cuts hit 000 call takers – you’ll wait longer for help if emergency call takers are busy.
The government’s much-touted new CFA radios fail again – no amount of press releases will make them work inside buildings.
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.
A report into a large Mildura blaze has found that water supply problems, communications issues, a lack of firefighters, and the unavailability of Mildura’s aerial pumper hampered efforts to control the multi-million dollar fire.
Firefighters and paramedics enjoyed strong public support in Carrum as they highlighted Napthine Government cuts to emergency services.
Expert warnings on dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were withheld from firefighters battling the Hazelwood mine blaze, and many became ill or were hospitalised.