Town left unprotected- Brigade waiting more than a decade for second appliance

Town left unprotected- Brigade waiting more than a decade for second appliance

Jade Jungwirth The fire brigade in Taradale, which sits on the edge of two shires and two electorates, has been denied funding for a second fire fighting appliance, every year… for the past 11 years.The brigade has been applying for funding through the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program since 2014, and as the only one in the Mount Alexander Group without a second appliance, the members can’t understand why they keep getting rejected.…