A Convoy to Melbourne: Volunteers and Farmers Fight a Fire Levy In the predawn darkness of budget day, veteran Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer Eliza Ayres boarded a bus from Elmore, joining a convoy of fire trucks rumbling down the Calder Freeway toward Melbourne. By the time the sun rose, she and <a href="https://www.firerescue.com.au/australasian-inter-service-incident-management-system-aiims-in-bushfire-response/">thousands of volunteer firefighters and farmers had gathered on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House – a…