Male and female firefighters are 'having to get changed pretty much in front of each other' due to a lack of facilities in regional brigades.
Male and female firefighters are "having to get changed pretty much in front of each other" due to a lack of facilities in rural brigades, resulting in problems retaining women, volunteers say.
"Not practical and it just barely serves the purpose. We've got no ground around us for training or cleaning trucks," Mr Watkins said.Volunteers have also called for a bigger meeting room and a more practical command room. "Whenever there's a flood the station goes under we want to try and upgrade some changing facilities.
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