A volunteer firefighter who has been stripped of frontline duties by the CFA fears her brigade will now struggle to get their fire truck out the door.
A volunteer firefighter the CFA has stripped of firefighting duties because of her type 1 diabetes says her brigade will now struggle to get the truck out the door.Anne Hassell insists she is capable of monitoring her blood sugar level on the firegroundMs Hassell was stripped of her duties despite passing a VicRoads assessment to retain her truck licence
Ms Hassell, until recently the captain and main truck driver for the Wedderburn Fire Brigade, said she was stripped of her firefighting duties despite being cleared by VicRoads to retain her truck licence. But AFAC has told the ABC those guidelines were part of a 2006 document that has since been rescinded and that it was the responsibility of the CFA to determine its own entry requirements for volunteers.
Ms Hassell said she expected the CFA to be more inclusive of those with type 1 diabetes, particularly given other sectors of society were doing so. "And as long as you can prove that you can realise when you are going to run low, and correct that quickly, there should be no issue." "It leaves the brigade with a truck possibly not turning out and there's a risk if that truck doesn't turn out that someone's house burns down or someone doesn't get medical attention fast enough," she said.
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