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'We can't do this forever': CFA veterans fear for firefighting future

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'We can't do this forever': CFA veterans fear for firefighting future - Stock & Land

CFA Westmere group volunteers Mark Gubbins, David Blackburn and Lyndon Varney at the Streatham Fire Station. Picture by Petra Oates

Members of Victoria's largest CFA group have spoken out about the detrimental impact the state government has had on this bushfire season.

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'Disaster waiting to happen': inside the CFA's ageing fleet crisis

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CFA Volunteers Group president and Grassmere Rural Fire Brigade captain John Houston says his brigade had to go out in 40-degree heat in an un-airconditioned tanker. Picture supplied

Country Fire Authority members across the state have warned firefighters and communities are being put at increasingly greater risk because of the state's ageing tanker fleet.

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'We just had no time': farmers count the cost of devastating Skipton fire

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'We just had no time': farmers count the cost of devastating Skipton fire - Stock & Land

Pictures by Petra Oates

Farmers and CFA volunteers who fought a fast-moving grass fire that tore through Streatham and Skipton on Friday described it as a "nightmare three hours".

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