Thursday, 14 November 2024

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:55): My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services, and I ask the minister: can you explain why the Skye CFA had their previously promised fit-for-purpose 2017 Scania medium pumper taken from them and replaced with a 2002 Isuzu pumper tanker, which is designed for a rural town that has approximately 20 to 35 calls a year when Skye CFA is on track to respond to approximately 260 to 280 calls this year and is the closest fire station to some of the new housing estates in the south-east? With a major housing estate on Wedge Road, Skye, and further factories being built in Skye–Cranbourne West, Skye CFA needs a fit-for-purpose new pumper which is not 20-plus years old so this CFA is better equipped to keep our local communities safe.