Just in ,, from a Fire Fighter

Originally posted by Orson: ↑

It's fake.

Stephen Shields is real but backtracking like hell, and admits that the media were there for the fires, not the pollies. Food was available, the volunteers are incredibly offended to be defamed by his BS, and there is no Maccas in North Richmond.

Paul Zanetti is busy scrubbing dozens of these comments from his site so he can keep the BS going:

MJ BowyerWhat a load of rubbish! Hawkesbury Catering Brigade work their butts off to ensure that every crew has an esky packed with great food. These eskies are picked up at various staging venues before the firefighters get on the fireground. Hawkesbury RFS makes sure there is an esky for everyone. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

Michelle HanleyPaul your informant has seriously misled you. The firies are most definitely being fed and fed well by Hawkesbury Catering Brigade. Hundreds and hundreds of meals being prepared day and night and sent to the trucks, staging points and foreground. Iknow this first hand as I know firies on the ground and they are all well fed and watered. I have also been there this week when the catering team has been at Woollies Windsor several times a day, collecting bulk food and drinks. I personally waited 20 mins while Wollies cut up 45kg of ham and cold meats for the team to make up hundreds more salad packs and sandwiches that night for the next day. I have seen them there with trolleys full of food and supplies for making meals that night for the eskys going out on the trucks the next day and for the emergency staging points across the vast area that the Hawkesbury region is. Besides the FACT that there is not even a North Richmond McDonalds, Paul you owe a huge apology not only to the amazing volunteers of the Hawkesbury RFS Catering brigade but also to the hundreds of residents who have also been voluntarily and willingly donating food, water, drinks, ice blocks, hydralite and considerable support in praise and appreciation of the tireless efforts of our firies across the region. It is these amazing and incredible people who you have deeply offended with your disgusting propaganda.

John ArrowsmithFAKE NEWS! Whilst I hate politicians taking advantage of our dire situation, our RFS has plenty of food here, with local residents packing eskys all day, local restaurants putting on a spread. Our community would never let these wonderful people down. Oh and BTW, there is no McDonald's in North Richmond

Kirsten RadunzQuite the accusation you're making here. You have checked, I assume, before publishing this that the RFS refused to feed this crew and then gave them poor directions to a McDonald's that doesn't exist?

Michele DrewI've never read such lies. Breakfast was served to all the fire fighters, police and all volunteers Mr Albanese spoke to many and served breakfast as well. There are amazing people making meals for them all everyday including when Mr Albanese was therewith our amazing Federal Member Susan Templeman who has been out everyday helping anyone she can and keeping everyone up to date. Check your facts and sources. By trying to discredit a politician you have insulted and saddened all our lovely volunteers who make hundreds of sandwiches and pack esky's with cold drinks and food to keep out firies going while out in the trucks day and night protecting our communities. I believe you owe them an apology.

Peter OliverUmmmmmm this guys story has been debunked many times over. Every one that has reposted his story on other pages have deleted their posts after other fire fighters said that it was false and that they had been fed by Albanese.

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Nice work exposing this fake story Orson.

I doubt you'll get an admission from the original poster though.