Investigators are treating a fire that damaged a floating Docklands nightclub as suspicious.
Emergency services have urged Victorians to stay alert for the dual risks in the lead-up to the summer months as agencies prepare for the roll-out of a new national fire danger warning later this week.
In June 2020,the MFB sought an urgent $20 million top-up from the government to cover immediate costs and wages.
For years a series of disputes involving the firefighters’ union roiled Victorian politics. It cost a minister and two Country Fire Authority chiefs their jobs. This is how it played out.
Victoria’s anti-corruption body has been examining the conduct of the Premier and a senior public servant over their role in controversial deals that benefited the firefighters’ union.
Commander Donna Wheatley,who is the second highest ranked female fire services officer in the state,is alleging a catalogue of abuse over her 20-year career.