The Carroll Labor Government is backing the Victorians who keep us safe with the equipment, resources and support they need. 

More funding for volunteers, more aircraft and hundreds of firefighting vehicles will help keep Victorians safe this summer.

Powering up our volunteers
The Carroll Labor Government is delivering the biggest-ever Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program.

More than $31 million will be shared across 350 projects for CFA, VICSES, Life Saving Victoria and Volunteer Marine Search and Rescue.

More resources for summer
The Carroll Labor Government is investing a further $53 million to ensure more firefighting aircraft and firefighters are available this summer than ever before.

A fleet of 60 aircraft including air cranes, black hawks and large air tankers will support our firies from the air.

Forest Fire Management Victoria will also have more than 600 ultralight firefighting vehicles to support its response – including a surge-pool over more than 100 vehicles.

This means Victoria will have its largest-ever forest firefighting vehicle fleet ready to respond this summer.

We’re also adding 130 forest firefighters and scaling up our existing 500-strong workforce to put more forest firefighters on the ground than ever before.

We’re also strengthening Fire Danger Rating Signs to give communities clear, timely warnings when fire danger rises.

This builds on the $17 million investment in bulk water carriers and diesel security for CFA and $6.4 million for two portable cell service towers to boost communications during emergencies.

The Carroll Labor Government has doubled investment in emergency services including $2.4 billion this year.

That includes our biggest-ever Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program.