Managers at Victoria's Country Fire Authority who racked up $230,000 on corporate credit cards at restaurants and hotels may have to pay money back, the state government says.
An independent investigation has been ordered into CFA's credit card spending.
The state opposition obtained 2200 pages detailing the $230,000 in credit card spending across 26 months under Freedom of Information.
Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells said however the audit would go back to 2006 to uncover any rorting of taxpayer money.
"If there has been those claims for private use or private payments, then yes, I would expect that that money would be repaid," Mr Wells told reporters on Monday.
The FoI documents revealed one of the claims was for a $22 haircut.
Others showed managers charged taxpayers for staying at a more expensive hotel than the cheaper motel where their meeting was being held.
The opposition said there were more than 150 unsubstantiated claims without a receipt totalling more than $9500, all of which were reimbursed.
CFA chief executive Mick Bourke said CFA managers hadn't met community expectations.
"Some of the guidance we provide our people are too broad. Some of the balanced judgment we hoped for, need to be looked at," Mr Bourke told Fairfax radio.
Mr Bourke, who has led the CFA since September 2009, said responsibility for the organisation's culture ended with him.
"I think it is a general management issue. I think the responsibility is mine," he said.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said CFA managers would lose their credit card privileges if Labor was elected in November.
"Those credit cards will be handed back and they will be cut in half," Mr Andrews said.
United Firefighters Union secretary Peter Marshall said the credit card revelations were an insult to firefighters.
"What we're seeing is extravagant expenditure against a backdrop where there's not enough firefighters to protect the community," Mr Marshall said.
Mr Wells said CFA staff needed credit cards do to their jobs in remote areas.
But he said every emergency service employee needed to be accountable for spending money collected from taxpayers.
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