The state government recently announced that the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) was investing more than $85 million into a three-year program to build 285 vehicles for rural fireys.

The shocking assessments have sparked Queensland Fire Department to commission a review of the Rural Fire Service Queensland fleet and develop a framework for standard of designs in the future.

Community Safety Minister Jack Dempsey has announced the axing of 56 Queensland Fire and Rescue ... "We will have the same efficient rural fire service we have always had," Mr Dempsey said.

A Queensland Rural Fire Service volunteer in the field. The letter also stated they disagreed with giving the commissioner the right to sack any member of a rural fire brigade, and decide on who ...