The Victorian government has today announced that it will introduce jail time and significant financial penalties for reckless toxic dumpers who put community and professional career firefighter safety at risk.
| In April, the United Firefighters Union launched a community campaign |
Key links:
IPEN paper press conference: https://www.facebook.com/GenevaEnvironmentNetwork/videos/38922806166127/?sfnsn=mo
UFU interview on Day 2 of the Convention: https://vimeo.com/333437807
The UFU has continued to make an impact on nations and organisations at the United Nations Stockholm Convention COP9.
Following the moving submission made …
Link to video: https://vimeo.com/333226212
Overnight, UFU Vice-President Mick Tisbury addressed the parties to the United Nations’ Stockholm Convention, speaking to the firefighters’ experience of PFAS exposure, contamination and the ill effects of PFAS on professional career firefighters and fire service …
On Sunday 7 April, on-duty and off-duty UFU members assisted community organisation Compassionate Friends Victoria with their annual event Walk to Remember.
Compassionate Friends Victoria is a community organisation that provides support and assistance to bereaved parents, families and friends of …
The weather was most certainly on our side on Sunday as over 1000 people filled part of Moonee Valley Racecourse over the course of the day to celebrate the UFU Annual Picnic.
The …
MEDIA RELEASE | 24 NOVEMBER 2016
The United Firefighters Union have welcomed today’s announcement that the Andrews Government will support and implement the recommendations outlined in the Victorian Parliament’s ‘Inquiry into the CFA …
The Fiskville toxic exposure crisis is escalating with 323 volunteer and career firefighters now having come forward to seek advice and support after being …
UFU MEDIA RELEASE:
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Today, representatives of Victoria’s career firefighters and paramedics will give evidence to an Senate Committee hearing looking at the Turnbull Government’s radical and unjustified …
