Firefighters are fed up with motorists who continue to block trucks from leaving the Bacchus Marsh station.
Bacchus Marsh CFA captain Nathan Ractliffe said volunteer brigade members responding to a call on April 6 arrived at the station to find a large pile-moving truck parked across the driveway.
The driver was picking up food from a nearby takeaway store.
As reported by the Weekly, the CFA has long complained that people heading to nearby stores or dropping their children off at a nearby dance studio were frequently blocking emergency vehicles.
“It meant members couldn’t park, let alone get the fire truck out of doors to get to the fire,” Mr Ractliffe said of the latest incident.
“There were flashing lights going off a few minutes before the brigade members had even arrived, and he still didn’t move.
“The brigade members got in the truck and only when the sirens were put on did the person decide to move his vehicle.
“In the process he backed into the CFA’s bollards and still remained on the no-standing zone.”
The flashing lights are part of a trial alert system, which is scheduled to end about June. The alert system, introduced in February, aims to notify the community and brigade members of an emergency.
However, many people were ignoring the warning, Mr Ractliffe said.
Moorabool’s Leading Senior Constable John Volf said the truck driver was co-operative when police arrived. He was fined for parking in a no-standing zone and reversing when it wasn’t safe to do so.
Mr Ractliffe said every minute that firefighters were delayed was crucial.
“It’s putting the people who have called us at risk,” he said.
“When we’re delayed, the community aren’t getting service they need and expect.”
