Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Oz has long relied on the Rural Fire Service, which is almost completely volunteer. Not saying that’s the way it should be, only that there is precedent.
The sad thing is that there is no political incentive to have a paid rural fire fighting service - there’s not enough votes out there to buy. We’ll face more and worse summers of fires but it’s not until a major town is threatened that anything will actually change.
So you’re saying the ADF needs to land a Taipan in central Canbra? /s