‘Get to the bottom of it’: RFS number of active volunteers could be less than claimed

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says the Rural Fire Service is “incredible”. The RFS is refusing to conduct an audit into its volunteer force. The number of active volunteers ready to respond to an active fire could be less than half of what official documents claim. Mr Joyce told Sky News contributor Steve Price that he lives in a Rural Fire Service area. “In our area, I don’t know about the numbers, people are pretty good about attending to their duties and turning up. “I suppose we should get to the bottom of it.”