Firefighting grants abolished

By Vanessa Binks
November 8 2018 - 1:02pm
DEDICATED FARMER: Tony Fotheringham, Kingsford, pictured with Border Collie Fly, is a CFS volunteer and is concerned that communities could be at risk without property owners updating their firefighting equipment.
DEDICATED FARMER: Tony Fotheringham, Kingsford, pictured with Border Collie Fly, is a CFS volunteer and is concerned that communities could be at risk without property owners updating their firefighting equipment.

The Regional Capability Community Fund that provided grants for equipment to communities vulnerable to extreme weather conditions was cut by the state government, compromising preventative bushfire management plans, according to Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas. 

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