Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade
THANK YOU BUNNING WAREHOUSE DURAL! We would like to express our appreciation to Bunnings Warehouse Dural for their recent donation of a battery powered pole saw. The generous donation will be a valuable addition to our firefighting equipment and tools. Having the right tools for the job can make all the difference in an emergency […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Our members are regularly called to incidents such as house, structure and vehicle fires. Due to our location, we are often on scene before other emergency services. It is essential that our members are suitably qualified to attend these incidents. Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade operates Compressed Air Breathing Apparatus (CABA) units. This year, […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade
STATIC WATER SUPPLY (SWS) Have you heard of the Static Water Supply Program? It is a free service that allows the community to help firefighters by identifying existing water supplies on their properties. In the event that firefighters cannot connect to hydrants, locating an alternative static water supply is vital during a fire emergency. Examples […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade
It has been a busy past couple of months at Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade with several visits from Santa Clause back in December. Santa stopped by the Glenorie Christmas Carols, the Glenorie District Cricket Club Xmas party and even spent Christmas Eve with Glenorie Brigade during our Santa Run. Thank you to our community for […]
Fire Updates: Arcadia RFS
It has been a busy few months at Arcadia RFS station! In May we had our AGM, which saw some changes and we welcome Mike Melis into his new this role of Senior Deputy. Alongside this we had our members receive their National Emergency, Long Service medals, and Brigade received a Commissioner’s Unit Citation for […]
Galston Rural Fire Brigade
Educating Our Next Generation Fire can be frightening for kids and Galston Rural Fire Brigade jumped at the chance to help educate their students on fire safety. All the kids keenly learnt on what to do in case of a fire and how to help their parents should they need to evacuate to safety. They […]
Glenhaven Rural Fire Brigade
Although Winter is usually a quieter part of the year for Glenhaven Rural Fire Brigade, we have been kept busy helping with the flood recovery in the district’s north. We have spent a number of days at Wiseman’s Ferry, Sackville North, Lower Portland and Leets Vale assisting residents to clear the mud and silt from […]
Glenorie Rural Fire Brigade Turns 75!
This year we had the chance to celebrate 75 years of serving our community as a formal brigade. In 1947, after a proposal from the Glenorie Progress Association, the Glenorie Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade was formally established. Back then, the firefighting equipment used was nothing more than a tractor towing a water tank and other […]
Think Before you Light That Fire
For those on rural lots, winter is the time of year to take care of the excess and dead vegetation that has collected over the past season or two. Whilst a Fire Permit is not required outside of the Bushfire Danger period between 1 October to 31 March, you are still required to seek an […]
Glenorie Brigades RFS
CONGRATULATIONS SYLVIA We are elated to announce that Sylvia Calvert has been elected as Glenorie Brigades first ever female Deputy Captain. Sylvia came from England in November 2015 and joined Glenorie Brigade in February 2016. She has served as our community engagement coordinator for several years. While there has never been a shortage of women […]
