'I was disappointed, frustrated': Fitzsimmons on PM's fire offer

NSW RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons responds to a question addressing the federal government’s communication over the deployment of army reservists to assist Australia’s ongoing bushfire crisis. Mr Fitzsimmon says he only found out about the deployment through media reports. "I was disappointed and I was frustrated on one of our busiest days," Mr Fitzsimmons says he has since spoken with the prime minster’s office. "They apologised that in hindsight they could have done better with communicating that."
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