DESPITE costing almost $1 billion in taxpayers’ funds, professional career firefighters in Victoria have consistently failed to meet their response time targets according to the State Government’s independent Fire Services Implementation Monitor (FSIM), Niall Blair.

In the second quarter (Q2) to March 2022, Mr Blair again reported in the Fire Services Outcomes Framework Progress Report, that Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) firefighters have not only failed to meet response time targets, but that their performance has also declined.